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Brinker, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. It stands on Morris Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dike quadrangle.

Brinker within Hopkins 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

24 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Brinker between 2000 and 2020, burning about 510 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6143
9 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2007Debris and open burning43 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 77
28 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 February 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 February 2014Arson/incendiarism13 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6061
17 February 2013Debris and open burning120 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2436 FM 1567 E

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Brinker: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sulphur Springs PlantClayProducer
A D Green Refractories Pit BFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
A P Green Refractories Pit AFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
A P Green Refractories Pit CFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Sulphur Springs Brick CoFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unnamed PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitsFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hopkins County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brinker in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
May 2024HailBrinker$250,000Law enforcement reported 3-inch diameter hail 6 miles north of Como.
June 2019HailBrinker$100,000Amateur radio reported baseball size hail approximately 6 miles east of the city of Sulphur Springs, TX.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindBrinker$20,000Two tractor trailers were overturned on Interstate 30 at mile marker 131.
February 2010FloodBrinker$15,000Due to persistent rainfall of 1-2 over the county, some low lying areas flooded nearby roads. Most of the closed roads were reported in Precinct 2 which covers the southeast quadrant of the county. Closed roads included: CR 2310 at CR 3343, parts of CR 2336, CR 2408, and the south side service road of Interstate 30 at mile marker 134. CR 2408 was washed out and would likely be closed for longer. Most of these roads remained closed through the morning hours of February 5th.
June 2008Flash FloodBrinker$15,000FM 269 south of Interstate 30 was flooded as was FM 3105. FM 3310 was damaged by floodwaters and had a large hole in it.

Every storm recorded in Hopkins 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
East Caney1.9 miles9
Thermo2.1 miles9
White Oak Junction2.3 miles9
Mahoney4.5 miles9
Como4.7 miles8
Martin Springs4.8 miles9
Weaver5.3 miles9
Bethel5.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378049. 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.