Carroll, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lindale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75771. The Survey maps it on the Carroll quadrangle. It stands 532 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
96 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Carroll between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,273 acres in total. 1 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 211 |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VAN |
| 26 September 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 143 |
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 540 |
| 9 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRIPPLE K RANCH FIRE |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 433 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carroll in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Carroll | - | Hen egg size hail reported via social media along Interstate 20 in western Smith County. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Carroll | - | Hen egg size hail reported in the Stallion Park Place and Stallion Lake Ranch areas in northwest Smith County. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Carroll | - | Quarter size hail fell a few miles west of the Hideaway community. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Carroll | - | Nickel size hail fell in the Carroll community. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Carroll | - | County Road 419 west of Lindale, Texas was completely under water and a culvert was washed out. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Carroll | - | Multiple trees were snapped along a near 7 mile track in the Northwest sections of Smith County. A tornado moved into Smith County from Van Zandt County 1 mile south of Interstate 20. The tornado continued northeast crossing Interstate 20 about 2 miles east of the Van Zandt/Smith County line, then continued northeast ending 4 miles northwest of Lindale on FM 16. Winds are estimated at 75-85 mph. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Carroll | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sylvan | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hideaway | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hide-A-Way Lake | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Garden Valley | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| New Harmony | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wood Springs | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Friendship | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lindale | 6.4 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 Carroll | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076425 | 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 1353873. 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.






