Chambersville, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75071. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Weston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Chambersville between 2006 and 2016, burning about 322 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 75&455 |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANNA FIRE |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WESTON |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 168 & CR 862 |
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13083170 |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10062243 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chambersville in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chambersville | $2,000 | Sporadic thunderstorm wind damage was found extending from south of Weston to the Trinity Falls neighborhood near Hwy 75. Mostly tree damage was observed but some wood signs and shingles were also damaged. This damage was likely caused by RFD winds in the aftermath of the earlier tornado. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chambersville | - | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped several large tree branches on a property on Weston Road in Celina. At least 6 trees had broken tree limbs with the diameters averaging 10-16 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roland | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Weston | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Melissa | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kelly | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Parris (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bloomdale | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Anna | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rhea Mills | 6.0 miles | 7 |
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 Chambersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076432 | 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 1379530. 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.



