Charleston, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cooper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75432. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Charleston between 2005 and 2018, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1202 & FM 895 |
| 27 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURKHART GRASS FIRE |
| 24 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016112 |
| 27 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 895 |
| 22 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6/22/14 FM 895 @ CR 1230 WHEAT FIELD FIRE |
| 19 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charleston in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | $100 | Trees and power lines were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | A trained spotter reported trees down along Highway 19 near the South Sulphur River. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Charleston | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Charleston | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Charleston | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Charleston | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Charleston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Delta | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Vasco | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pacio | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Post Oak | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Prattville | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Creek | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Kensing | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Enloe | 7.3 miles | 8 |
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 Charleston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q128996465 | 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 1354322. 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.




