Capps Corner, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Jo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76265. The Survey maps it on the Bonita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1968 USGS Bonita quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
114 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Capps Corner between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,648 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COBB HOLLOW |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 461 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR483 |
| 29 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015089 |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COBB HOLLOW 3 |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAPS CORNER FIRE |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 677 CAPPS CORNER |
| 24 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 81 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capps Corner in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Hail | Capps Corner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bonita | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Illinois Bend | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Jo | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Nocona Hills | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Spanish Fort | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Nocona | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Gladys | 12.8 miles | 10 |
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 Capps Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5036197 | 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 1379504. 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.





