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Agnes, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76082. It lies near Skeen Peak. The Survey maps it on the Poolville quadrangle.

Agnes within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

156 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Agnes between 1996 and 2018, burning about 14,688 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Debris and open burning42
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4000 AGNES CIRCLE
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3672
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor12 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOONES CREEK
2 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1766 JE WOODY RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agnes in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindAgnes$60,000A storm chaser along Hwy 199 near Agnes measured a 68 mph wind gust. They also reported 1 home damaged and 15-20 trees down. Another social media post in the same area reported an unsecured manufactured home toppled over and was upside down.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindAgnes$25,000An abandoned house near Agnes suffered wind damage. The house that collapsed was made of plywood and had a metal roof. A couple trees were blown onto carports and debris was blown through windows.
June 2016Flash FloodAgnes$10,000Parker County Sheriff's Department reported that some roads were washed out, with most of the impacts occurring across the eastern half of the county.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAgnes$4,000Emergency manager reported trees down in the 100 block of Bonita Drive.
April 2024HailAgnes-Spotter reported half dollar hail fell 1.16 miles west of Agnes.
March 2023HailAgnes-Dime size hail was reported west of Springtown.
May 2015FloodAgnes-Parker County fire and rescue reported that multiple roads were closed in Springtown, and Aledo due to flooding.
April 2015HailAgnes-Half dollar sized hail was reported approximately 6 miles west of Springtown.
May 2021HailAgnes-no account filed
April 1994HailAgnes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parker County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Goshen2.6 miles18
Poolville3.7 miles17
Carter5.6 miles18
Springtown5.6 miles18
Advance7.8 miles18
Peaster8.5 miles17
Highland Addition8.9 miles18
Wright9.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377921. 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.