Caledonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mount Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75946. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle. It stands 390 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mount Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Caledonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,378 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RENEE ELLIOTT |
| 29 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 222 |
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7110 |
| 17 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 103 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Caledonia | $500,000 | This is a continuation of the Nacogdoches County EF-2 tornado that initially touched down just southwest of Garrison along Highway 59. Additional EF-2 damage, with estimated winds of 115-120 mph occurred in the extreme southeast corner of Rusk County along Highway 59, where the tornado tore through a chicken farm, destroying one chicken coop and killing all chickens, while also damaging 5 other coops. Several homes sustained roof damage from snapped or uprooted trees, and at least 20 outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. The tornado also snapped several power poles in this area and continued northeast along Highway 59 into Northwest Shelby County. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | $100,000 | An NWS Storm Survey team concluded that the damage northwest of the Garrison, Texas community was consistent with that of straight line wind gusts. Three chicken houses were heavily damaged or destroyed on FM 95 at CR. 3257. Also, a culvert was lifted out of a ditch and destroyed. |
| April 2014 | Lightning | Caledonia | $10,000 | Lightning ignited a gas well on FM. 95 between Mount Enterprise and Garrison, Texas. |
| February 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Caledonia | $10,000 | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Rusk County and determined than an EF1 tornado touched down 7 miles north northwest of Garrison, Texas. Storm damage consisted of the roof of a metal building having been partially peeled back. The roof on a mobile home was damaged, and a few trees were snapped along US Hwy. 84 in the community of Caledonia. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Trees downed at the intersection of FM Road 1971 and FM Road 95. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Multiple trees were downed South of Highway 84 west of Timpson. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Trees and power lines were blown down on County Road 3291 near FM 95 just northwest of Garrison. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Concord | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Arlam | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lawsonville | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Enterprise | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Brachfield | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Minden | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 12.8 miles | 11 |
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 Caledonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116115798 | 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 1379492. 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.






