Cayuga, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cayuga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75751. The Survey maps it on the Cayuga quadrangle. It stands 308 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Cayuga quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Cayuga between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,224 acres in total. 5 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKRIDGE FIRE |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHADY OAKS |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARNETT FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BETHEL & CAYUGA FIRE |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 DITCH FIRE |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cayuga in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Cayuga | $500,000 | An elementary school was unroofed and a bus barn was destroyed by a tornado. Three homes were also damaged or destroyed. Damage was estimated at $255,000. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $80,000 | The Cooke County Emergency Manager and a Cooke County Commissioner reported several large trees were blown down. The tree damage was concentrated in the southern third of the county, along or near County Roads 337, 328 and 348. One mobile home in the same area suffered severe damage. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Cayuga | $50,000 | Flood waters were reported over a bridge on Highway 287 near Cayuga. High water was also reported on FM 59 north of Cayuga. |
| January 1999 | Lightning | Cayuga | $50,000 | A church was destroyed by fire after a lightning strike. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $50,000 | A house was unroofed by high winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $20,000 | A roof was blown off of a carport near Tennessee Colony. Numerous trees and power poles were blown down. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cayuga | $10,000 | A trained spotter measured 2 hail approximately 1 mile east of Cayuga. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cayuga | $7,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported 1 mile northeast of Cayuga. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $6,000 | A 60-70 mph wind gust was estimated in the Bethel-Cayuga area. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cayuga | $5,000 | Half dollar to ping pong ball sized hail fell for several minutes approximately 15 miles south-southeast of Trinidad. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $3,000 | A trained spotter reported 65 mph thunderstorm winds approximately 1 mile east of Cayuga. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $3,000 | Large trees were down in Cayuga. |
| November 2024 | Hail | Cayuga | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported around 5 miles west of Sanger via mPING. |
| October 2015 | Flood | Cayuga | - | Several county roads remained closed due to high waters from flooding after 5-13 inches of rain fell across the northern portions of the county. Many creeks and streams also remained out of their banks flooding surrounding locations. Some the flooding was attributed to drainage and runoff from swollen creeks, streams, and rivers located north of the county. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cayuga | - | Nickel sized hail was reported north of Cayuga. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | - | The report was from a weathernet site in Cayuga. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Cayuga | - | Several roads in and around town were reported flooded. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Cayuga | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Cayuga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Greens Bluff | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Yard | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Blackfoot | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Springfield | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ward | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tennessee Colony | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bradford | 11.2 miles | 12 |
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 Cayuga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5055463 | 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 1379518. 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.






