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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Carlton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Hico quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1689 CR 295 |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 125 GRASS CARLTON |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9536 FM 1744 |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 30-- CR 122 |
| 29 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5690 FM 1744 |
| 29 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Carlton | $600,000 | Water 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 2021 | Hail | Carlton | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Carlton | $7,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Carlton | $5,000 | Minor damage was done to a dairy. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlton | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Carlton | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail off of Highway 36 about 9 miles northwest of Hamilton, TX. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlton | - | Emergency management reported tree damage in the city of Carlton, TX. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Carlton | - | Amateur radio reported golf-ball sized hail approximately one mile south of the city of Carlton, TX. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlton | - | One foot of water was over Highway 281 north of Hico. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Carlton | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Carlton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Carlton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlton | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Carlton | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Carlton | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Carlton | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Carlton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Olin | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Spurlin | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Springtown | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hico | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gentrys Mill | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fairy | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hamilton | 15.0 miles | 13 |
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 Carlton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5042942 | 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 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.





