Chalk Mountain, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Duffau-Clairette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76649. The Survey maps it on the Chalk Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Granbury quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Chalk Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Chalk Mountain between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,859 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 111 GRASS 220 |
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 110 CHAULK MNT. RANCH |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009088 |
| 13 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 204 |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY CREEK CR196 |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 104 10/22 |
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009078 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chalk Mountain in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Mountain | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsville | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Three Way | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Duffau | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Selden | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Welcome Valley | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clairette | 13.6 miles | 12 | |
| Knob Hill | 14.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bluff Dale | 14.8 miles | 14 |
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 Chalk Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5068806 | 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 1332619. 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.




