Centralia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Apple Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75926. The Survey maps it on the Centralia quadrangle. 53 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Centralia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 707 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 13 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 245 |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 523 |
| 14 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 906 |
| 13 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRINITY 15:12 |
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | 20 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | NOGALUS |
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | 4.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | TRINITY II |
| 5 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centralia in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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) | Centralia | $30,000 | Tornado tracked through portions of Davy Crockett National Forest with extensive tree damage in the Moore Cemetery Road area. Damage appeared more concentrated in path described surrounded by area of more scattered wind damage. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centralia | $16,000 | Trees were reported blown down on a home located on Forest Road 527 in the Davy Crockett National Forest. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Centralia | - | Flash flooding along CR 233 and CR 358 north of Groveton resulted in roadways becoming impassable. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Centralia | - | Baseball sized hail was observed. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Centralia | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nogalus | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Center Point | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Crecy | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Apple Springs | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Centerville | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Helmic | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Vair | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Nigton | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Centralia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1054092 | 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 1381623. 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.






