Addielou, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Manchester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75412. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1951 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Addielou between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,797 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6306 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6165 |
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 513 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROAD 3 FIRE |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUSBY |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BENNY |
| 15 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 144 |
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Addielou in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Addielou | - | Several trees were uprooted, power lines were downed, and barn roofs were damaged on FM 195 near the Addielou community. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Addielou | - | Farm to Market Road 195 closed 3 miles west of the town of Manchester due to flooding. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Addielou | - | Several County Roads were covered in high water and closed including Hwy. 271 near the Bagwell community, Hwy. 82 East near Clarksville, CR. 410 and CR. 411. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Manchester | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kanawha | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kiomatia | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Blakeney | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Negley | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cross Road | 8.5 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Addielou | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122566454 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379317. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




