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Caddo, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76429. It stands on Sow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Caddo quadrangle. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.

Caddo within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

47 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Caddo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 9,450 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined16
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service717 N BAR DITCH
28 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR. 181 FIRE
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePK STATE PARK FIRE
24 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARAWAY FIRE
23 August 2009Natural76 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCADDO WEST BRANCH - 158
22 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service717 SOUTH
18 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use5,556 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCADDO II COMPLEX
17 August 2012Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROGERS LEASE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Storms near this place

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caddo in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 1994Thunderstorm WindCaddo$50,000Two buildings were unroofed at the Ward Field ranch near Caddo by thunderstorm winds.
March 2026HailCaddo$11,000Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.).
March 2026HailCaddo$9,000Storm spotter reported 2 inch hail east of Breckenridge.
May 2009HailCaddo$5,000Golfball size hail was reported in Caddo.
May 2009HailCaddo$5,000Baseball size hail 4 miles south of Caddo.
May 2009HailCaddo$4,000Baseball size hail was reported 5 miles south of Caddo.
September 2023HailCaddo$2,000Golf ball sized hail was reported outside of Caddo.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCaddo$2,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCaddo$500Tree limbs were down in Caddo near State Park Road 33 and Highway 180.
May 2015Flash FloodCaddo-The Stephens County Sheriff's Department reported that several FM roads were closed near the town of Caddo, TX due to high water.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCaddo-Emergency management reported that large trees were blown down on Park Road 33.
May 2009HailCaddo-Nickel size hail fell 4 miles south of Caddo.
May 2009HailCaddo-Golfball size hail covered the ground east of Caddo inside the Stephens county line.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Caddo-Storm chasers observed a brief tornado between Breckenridge and Caddo. The tornado was over open country and no damage was reported.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindCaddo-A large tree was blown down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCaddo-Reported by law enforcement.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCaddo-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
May 1994HailCaddo-Two buildings were unroofed at the Ward Field ranch near Caddo by thunderstorm winds.
June 1998HailCaddo-no account filed
August 1996HailCaddo-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCaddo-no account filed
June 1994HailCaddo-no account filed
October 1993HailCaddo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stephens 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
Frankell7.0 miles13
Necessity7.4 miles12
La Casa8.2 miles13
South Hanlon11.1 miles14
Wayland11.3 miles13
Ivan11.3 miles14
Breckenridge12.7 miles14
Gunsight16.3 miles13

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 CaddoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5016303The 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 1378081. 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.