Atoy, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rusk census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75785. It stands on North Falcon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atoy quadrangle. It stands 279 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.
- 1943 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Atoy quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Atoy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,613 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 494 |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 207 |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 214 |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,550 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA RIVER BOTTOM FIRE |
| 25 September 1999 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atoy in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atoy | $100,000 | Several trees were snapped and uprooted. Minor damage was observed to a the roofs of a few homes. Winds were estimated to be near 80 mph. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Atoy | - | Quarter size hail reported 7 miles south of Rusk. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atoy | - | Trees downed along Highway 69 between Rusk and Alto. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atoy | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 69 south near County Road 1102. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atoy | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 69 just south of Rusk. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Atoy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Central High | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Salem | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rusk | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Redlawn | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Linwood | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hudson Chapel | 8.0 miles | 10 |
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 Atoy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4817452 | 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 1377961. 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.






