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Ambrose, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75414. The Survey maps it on the Ambrose quadrangle.

Ambrose within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

31 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Ambrose between 2006 and 2020, burning about 520 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2012087
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceARKANSAS FIRE
13 September 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePASTURE FIRE
1 September 2013Natural182 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEWIS FIRE
7 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1753 FIRE
16 August 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUGAN CHAPEL
6 July 2010Debris and open burning35 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ambrose: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lattimore Sand Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ambrose in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 2019Thunderstorm WindAmbrose$200,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the metal roof of a home and rolled an unsecured fifth-wheel on a property near Ambrose, destroying the fifth-wheel. Tree damage was also noted in the area and sporadic tree damage was noted extending north and northeast of the home for a few miles.
November 2015FloodAmbrose$20,000Many county roads and low water crossings are flooded across the county after several inches of rain fell. Barricades have been placed in some locations.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAmbrose$10,000High winds blew down large tree limbs that blocked the main road through town. A home was also damaged by high winds.
March 2023HailAmbrose-Half dollar size hail was reported near Ambrose.
October 2014HailAmbrose-Trained spotters reported pea to dime sized hail in Ambrose.
February 2011Heavy RainAmbrose-Slick roadways are believed to be the cause of a fatal accident on FM 1753. A man riding a motorcycle lost control on the wet road and slid off the road. He died while en route to the hospital.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindAmbrose-Several trees were blown down in Ambrose due to high winds.

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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
Terrace3.6 miles7
Gover3.7 miles7
Penland3.8 miles7
Carpenters Bluff4.6 miles8
Bona5.0 miles7
Bells5.7 miles7
Smith Oaks6.4 miles7
Mills8.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351073. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.