Arnett, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Purmela-Levita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. The Survey maps it on the Purmela quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
104 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Arnett between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,157 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 528 |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11000 W HWY 84 FIRE |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 64 |
| 25 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4000 W HWY 84 |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6460 FM 1783 |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 133 ADAMS LN |
| 15 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5000 W HWY 84 |
| 12 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5535 FM 2412 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arnett in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Arnett | $7,000 | Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail near Arnett, TX. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Arnett | - | A tornado was reported south of Highway 84 and CR 177 and moved east before dissipating. Only tree damage was noted. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Arnett | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Arnett | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purmela | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| South Purmela | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| King | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Levita | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ater | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gatesville | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ames | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pearl | 8.0 miles | 12 |
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 Arnett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120961980 | 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 1351262. 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.








