Belcherville, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Nocona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76255. The Survey maps it on the Belcherville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Belcherville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,060 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KIRBY RD. |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017102 |
| 29 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014064 |
| 28 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020093 |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014063 |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010070 |
| 23 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009122 |
| 23 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009123 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Belcherville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcherville-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1891 |
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belcherville in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belcherville | $40,000 | Emergency Management reported several telephone poles were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. The poles were along US Highway 82 between Nocona and Belcherville. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Belcherville | $30,000 | NWS survey crews determined a tornado caused EF-0 damage to a ranch near Belcherville, Texas. |
| February 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Belcherville | $20,000 | One home on the south side of Belcherville along FM 1816 sustained roof damage. Multiple outbuildings in the same area were destroyed or suffered extensive damage. Two trees were uprooted, a shed was destroyed, and an empty water tank that was 10 feet in diameter was flipped over. The path of this tornado was estimated to be 100 yards in length. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with estimated winds of 80 mph. This same storm went on to produce a tornado in northern Montague County near Spanish Fort. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Belcherville | $8,000 | Baseball size hail fell near Red River Station. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Belcherville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belcherville | $1,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down and split trees on Crenshaw and Crain Road to the north of Belcherville. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Belcherville | - | Nocona Fire Department reported quarter sized hail approximately 8 miles north of Nocona on Farm to Market Road 1759. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Belcherville | - | A spotter for a broadcast media station reported quarter sized hail, four miles west of Nocona. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Belcherville | - | Quarter size hail was observed by a trained spotter 1 mile south of Belcherville and 3 miles west of Nocona. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Belcherville | - | Quarter size hail was reported approximately 3 miles south of Belcherville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belcherville | - | A large tree was knocked down onto Highway 82 three miles west of Nocona. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Belcherville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nocona | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ringgold | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hynds City | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Stoneburg | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Nocona Hills | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Montague | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rowland | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bonita | 13.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351809. 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.




