Cason, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Daingerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75638. The Survey maps it on the Cason quadrangle. It stands 338 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cason quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Cason between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,480 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 | 163 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 566 |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOYD CROLEY |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 179 |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 64 COUNTY ROAD |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cason: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daingerfield Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Lone Star Steel Black Mountain Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Daingerfield Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cason in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 8 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2022 | Tornado (EF3) | Cason | 1 killed, 8 hurt, $5,000,000 | The supercell thunderstorm which produced a brief and weak tornado in eastern Camp County then went on to produce a stronger and longer-lasting tornado from southwestern Morris County and into northwestern Cass County. This EF-3 tornado with estimated maximum winds of 155 mph initially started along FM-144 south of the Cason community and very quickly became quite destructive, producing EF-3 damage to a home, and EF-2 damage to multiple structures before tracking northeast to Texas Highway 11. A few mobile homes were destroyed near the start of the tornado which resulted in several injuries. The tornado continued to track northeast from Texas Highway 11 to Highway 49, doing mostly EF-1 damage for 3 miles before reaching Highway 49. As the tornado crossed Highway 49, two nearby homes were completely destroyed and largely swept from their foundations and at least one injury resulted. This damage was only rated EF-2 because of the pier and beam foundation construction of both homes did not anchor the structures well to the intense wind loading. Behind the homes, some isolated tree debarking was observed with a swath of EF-3 damage with maximum winds of 140 mph. The tornado continued to the northeast, completely destroying a mobile home along CR-3201, where one fatality associated with this tornado occurred. The tornado continued to advance northeastward, doing mainly EF-1 damage to trees and some structures before knocking over and destroying a few large electrical transmission lines near the intersection of CR-3211 and CR-3209. EF-2 level winds at 125 mph were estimated to have caused this structural damage. Finally, the tornado continued on another several miles to the northeast across U.S. Highway 259 before crossing into northwestern Cass County. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Cason | $25,000 | This EF1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 88 mph developed within a QLCS and began along Farm-to-Market Road 144 just north of Highway 49 in extreme eastern Morris County. The tornado moved east northeast across Hunt Road/County Road 1235, Green Street Road/County Road 1233, and County Road 3208, uprooting numerous trees and breaking large branches. The tornado continued northeast crossing Wilson Road, Kelly Road, Foster Road, and Old Daingerfield Road before moving across U.S. Highway 259 north of Rocky Branch. More tree limbs were downed as the tornado crossed County Road 4212, Highway 338, and Daniels Chapel Road. The tornado uprooted more softwood trees before lifting on Daniels Chapel Road just east of its intersection with Leeves Road and just west of the Morris/Cass County line. Just east of there, a significant number of large pine trees were uprooted at a property at the intersection of Daniels Chapel Road and FM Road 161. However, the damage pattern of these uproots was consistent with straight-line wind damage and not a tornado. The tornado had a maximum width of 735 yards and tracked nearly 9 miles. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cason | - | Tree downed on a vehicle in Cason. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cason | - | A tree was blown down onto FM 144 just north of Highway 49. |
| April 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Cason | - | A wall cloud was observed several miles northwest of Daingerfield. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cason | - | A tree was blown down on FM 144 near Cason. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cason | - | Trees were blown down across power lines on CR 1217 between 144 and 11. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cason | - | Wind gust estimated about 1.5 miles east of the Cason community from a postal service employee. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillis | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Daingerfield | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Mitchell | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jenkins | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rocky Branch | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lone Star | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Laman | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Omaha | 10.5 miles | 11 |
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 Cason | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710390 | 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 1332292. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




