Cash, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75402. The Survey maps it on the West Tawakoni quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Quinlan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS West Tawakoni quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
297 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Cash between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,581 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 219 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7873 FM 2101 |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 660 CR 2266 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2206 FIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3440 C.R. 2173 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 686 F.M. 1903 |
| 30 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2001 CR 2246 |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREEN |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1635 HOLLOWAY LN. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cash in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Cash | $250,000 | A tornado touched down near the town of Cash and then moved northeast producing a non-continuous path of damage over 6 miles long. Up to 8 homes, a pipe manufacturing plant and two metal buildings were damaged in Cash. In addition, four U-haul trailers were blown across the highway in Cash. As the tornado continued northeast out of Cash, it damaged several more homes with most of them sustaining minor roof damage. However, one home sustained significant damage to the roof and second story near FM 1564 and FM 3519. Just before the tornado lifted, it damaged 5 more mobile homes, one of which was destroyed, and also significantly damaged a single family residence near the intersection of FM 1564 and Highway 69. This tornado has been rated an EF-1 with estimated maximum wind speeds of 100 to 110 mph. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cash | $15,000 | Several roofs were damaged by high winds. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cash | $10,000 | High winds blew a wall in and ripped the bay doors off the Cash VFD. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cash | $500 | Trees were knocked down on Rancho Road. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Cash | - | Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail near the town of Cash, TX. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cash | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cash | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Cash | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiland | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Wieland | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Boles Home | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Bethel | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Meadowview | 4.5 miles | 6 | |
| Quinlan | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dixon | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hendrix | 7.0 miles | 6 |
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 Cash | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5048622 | 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 1332285. 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.




