Chatfield, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75105. The Survey maps it on the Chatfield quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Chatfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Chatfield between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,798 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1619262 |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1401 MCKINNEY FIRE |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C15-13059 |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C2020881 |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | C1927879 |
| 12 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1112490 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chatfield in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Chatfield | $750,000 | Numerous county roads and bridges were damaged across the county. CR 2230 along Richland Chambers Reservoir between Ladd's Harbor and Arrowhead subdivisions collapsed. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Chatfield | $40,000 | Water was reported over a bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 1126 one mile west of Interstate 45 near the town of Rice. Several roads were closed in the western portions of the county, and rising water was reported near several residential structures on Farm-to-Market Road 709 south of Dawson. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatfield | - | Emergency management reported tree damage in far northeast Navarro County. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatfield | - | Several large trees and power poles were knocked down in a 7 mile stretch from Chatfield, TX to the northeast part of the county line. Damage was associated to straight line winds. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Chatfield | - | Ellis County Emergency Management reported one inch hail in the town of Chatfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tupelo | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Montfort | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Valley Farms | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rice | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Roane | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bazette | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pettys Chapel | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Powell | 9.6 miles | 9 |
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 Chatfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5087592 | 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 1378115. 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.



