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Carlton, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76436. The Survey maps it on the Carlton quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,332 feet above sea level.

Carlton within Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

69 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Carlton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,422 acres in total. 6 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1689 CR 295
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2011Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service125 GRASS CARLTON
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9536 FM 1744
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service30-- CR 122
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5690 FM 1744
29 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlton in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 11 hail, 4 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
July 2007Flash FloodCarlton$600,000Water was reported over CR 219 near Carlton. Flooding was widespread in Hico, with FM 1602 washed out and Highway 281 north of town impassable. Flooding was worst at the intersection of Highways 6 and 220. Three high water rescues were required, two for motorists and one at a house. Hico First National Bank, Jersey Lilly's restaurant, and the Koffee Kup restaurant sustained flood damage.
April 2021HailCarlton$20,000no account filed
April 2021HailCarlton$7,000no account filed
March 2002Tornado (F0)Carlton$5,000Minor damage was done to a dairy.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCarlton$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2022HailCarlton-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail off of Highway 36 about 9 miles northwest of Hamilton, TX.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCarlton-Emergency management reported tree damage in the city of Carlton, TX.
May 2017HailCarlton-Amateur radio reported golf-ball sized hail approximately one mile south of the city of Carlton, TX.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCarlton-One foot of water was over Highway 281 north of Hico.
May 2008HailCarlton-no account filed
May 2008HailCarlton-no account filed
May 2003HailCarlton-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCarlton-no account filed
March 2002HailCarlton-no account filed
March 2001HailCarlton-no account filed
March 1996HailCarlton-no account filed
January 1995HailCarlton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Sunshine4.0 miles15
Olin4.5 miles15
Spurlin5.4 miles15
Springtown8.1 miles15
Hico8.6 miles15
Gentrys Mill9.2 miles15
Fairy11.2 miles12
Hamilton15.0 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 CarltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5042942The 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 1332169. 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.