BlockArcadia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Timpson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75935. It stands on Pounds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arcadia quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Timpson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Arcadia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 831 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 223 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | #7050 |
| 16 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 252 |
| 13 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 113 |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 234 |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 235 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | Trees downed on FM Road 138. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Arcadia | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Shelby County and concluded that damage was the result of an EF0 tornado. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped off and small branches were found across the damage path which started along CR 4060. The tornado moved south-southwest crossing FM 138 knocking over trees before lifting. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Arcadia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4785106 | 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 1379357. 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.