BlockCarlisle, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Groveton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75862. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 191 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Carlisle between 1993 and 2020, burning about 487 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LISA HARDGRAVES |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASTEBERRY |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 918 |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8081 |
| 1 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADI CHROMES |
| 5 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8041 |
| 5 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 190 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlisle in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flood | Carlisle | $2,700,000 | Flooding from numerous heavy rain events in April and early May led to significant damage. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed along FM 356 including one on a mobile home. |
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.
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 Carlisle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1041757 | 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 1380825. 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.