Caviness, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sumner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75460. The Survey maps it on the Pat Mayse Lake East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Pat Mayse Lake East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
176 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Caviness between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,521 acres in total. 1 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 | 125 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 79 FIRE |
| 7 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPE5 |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13019 |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6293 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS-P.HART |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DR TROUT FIRE |
| 22 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICHARDSON |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GIVENS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Caviness: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caviness in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 2 hail. 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 2016 | Hail | Caviness | - | A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail 8 to 10 miles north of Paris, TX. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Caviness | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in the Caviness area, north of Paris on Farm to Market Road 1499. |
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.
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 Caviness | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115800886 | 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 1354021. 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.







