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Bluett, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76234. It stands on Teeter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bluett quadrangle.

Bluett within Wise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

179 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Bluett between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,103 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Debris and open burning50
Equipment and vehicle use38
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking7
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTRUCTURE / GRASS FIRE
28 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
25 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service135 CHISOLM HILLS DR.
24 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2264 09/24/2014
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
12 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service287 NORTH
9 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wise County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluett in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2022HailBluett$500,000Numerous houses in the Heritage Creek Subdivision sustained broken windows, damaged roofs, and other property damage from wind-driven large hail.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Bluett$120,000A National Weather Service damage survey team found tornado damage east of the city of Decatur. The tornado took a non-standard path, with the tornado taking a due south path for approximately three-quarters of a mile, before turning due east, and then slightly southeast. The tornado damaged several storage buildings, and damaged several roofs.
February 2022HailBluett$80,000A home near the intersection of FM 2264 and CR 4430 in Rhome sustained 2 broken windows and significant damage to 4 vehicles from wind-driven large hail.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBluett$20,000Amateur radio reported that a double wide trailer and and multiple recreational vehicles were destroyed, and that trees ranging from 5 inches to 20 inches in diameter were uprooted near the intersection of FM 4421 and FM 4430.
May 2014LightningBluett$20,000Lightning struck three tank batteries off Longhorn Drive near FM 2264, igniting the tank battery in a fiery blaze.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBluett$5,000Amateur radio reported a barn destroyed near 3304 FM 2264.
April 2008HailBluett$5,000Golfball-size hail was reported at CR 2320 and Highway 380.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBluett-Report from mPING: Trees uprooted or snapped or roof blown off.
November 2025HailBluett-An mPing report indicated quarter sized hail midway between Decatur and Justin.
May 2021HailBluett-no account filed
May 2021HailBluett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wise 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
New Fairview4.1 miles9
Bryan4.2 miles9
Herman5.0 miles11
Rhome7.4 miles9
Aurora7.5 miles12
Allison7.5 miles9
Annaville7.6 miles12
Boyd8.7 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122553186The 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 1378022. 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.