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Cedar Mills, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76245. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gordonville quadrangle.

Cedar Mills within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

91 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Mills between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,354 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTONIE HUFF
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCK CREEK
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHOUSAND TRAILS
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAWPAW CREEK
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIDO & SUSAN MARQUES
16 September 2011Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAW PAW CREEK
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCK CREEK
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresHagerman National Wildlife RefugeBRUSHY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cedar Mills: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Mills in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 18 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2022Tornado (EF2)Cedar Mills1 killed, 11 hurtThe tornado first touched down in a field near Thousand Oak Trails. It then moved through the Sherwood Oaks community, producing extensive and widespread damage to trees and homes. Multiple manufactured homes were flipped, many trees were snapped in half, and one home was moved off its foundation. The tornado then crossed Lake Texoma and moved into Marshall County Oklahoma. A total of 105 structures were damaged, 53 destroyed, and 27 sustained major damage. Maximum estimated winds in Grayson County were 130 mph. One fatality occurred in a mobile home.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCedar Mills1 killed, 7 hurtA boat with 8 people on board capsized in thunderstorm winds resulting in the fatality of a 6 year old boy.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCedar Mills$3,000Broadcast media shared a picture via social media of snapped power poles and tree damage in Sherwood Shores. The time was estimated by radar.
April 2020HailCedar Mills-A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail near Thousand Trails Campground in the city of Gordonville, TX.

Every storm recorded in Grayson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sherwood Shores1.9 miles12
Gordonville2.9 miles12
Locust3.3 miles12
Red Branch4.3 miles13
Cambridge5.0 miles12
Willow Spring5.3 miles12
Sandusky5.8 miles13
Hishway6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1354132. 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.