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Cherokee, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Saba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76832. It stands on Kemp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee quadrangle. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.

Cherokee within San Saba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

48 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Cherokee between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,354 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR331
25 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOHNSON
13 August 2007Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUFFALO
8 July 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE CR 341
31 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use356 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUCKHORN RANCH
25 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAY FIELD FIRE

Every fire recorded in San Saba County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cherokee: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Texas Arch Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Texas Arch Aggregates QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in San Saba County

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherokee in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Flash FloodCherokee$150,000Up to six and a half inches of rain fell and flooding was reported throughout the county. HIghway 71 was closed.
April 2026Flash FloodCherokee-Extensive flooding along Cherokee Creek in Southern San Saba County. State Highway 16, Ranch Road 501, and multiple county roads are flooded and impassable.
May 2025HailCherokee-Public reported ping pong ball size hail.
May 2025Heavy RainCherokee-An LCRA automated rain gauge reported 5.22 inches of rain in 1 hour.
May 2024HailCherokee-An emergency manager reported marble to ping pong ball size hail in Cherokee.
April 2023HailCherokee-There was small hail with some quarter size hail falling on Highway 16 south of Cherokee.
June 2023HailCherokee-Public reported half dollar size hail.
June 2023HailCherokee-The public reported hen egg size hail 4 miles west-northwest of Pontotoc.
April 2021HailCherokee-This report came from Mping.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCherokee-The public reported large tree limbs down.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Cherokee-A few oak trees were snapped and several large limbs were broken off.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Cherokee-The weak tornado produced a narrow path of damage where several large tree limbs were broken off and a few trees were snapped at the trunk.
May 1997Flash FloodCherokee-Up to two inches of rain fell over southwest San Saba County during the late afternoon of the 30th. The heavy rains caused isolated flash flooding over this sparsely populated area.
April 2026HailCherokee-no account filed
April 2023HailCherokee-no account filed
May 2023HailCherokee-no account filed
May 2023HailCherokee-no account filed
March 2016HailCherokee-no account filed
March 2012HailCherokee-no account filed
June 2010HailCherokee-no account filed
June 2010HailCherokee-no account filed
April 2009HailCherokee-no account filed
June 2009HailCherokee-no account filed
April 2006HailCherokee-no account filed
April 2006HailCherokee-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCherokee-no account filed
March 2000HailCherokee-no account filed
May 2000HailCherokee-no account filed
March 1999HailCherokee-no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindCherokee-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCherokee-no account filed
March 1996HailCherokee-no account filed
October 1994HailCherokee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Saba County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Chappel8.8 miles16
High Valley11.4 miles16
Bend13.1 miles16
Rough Creek Crossing13.3 miles16
San Saba14.7 miles16
Harkeyville16.3 miles13
Sloan16.4 miles13
Hicks Crossing16.6 miles16

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 CherokeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5092119The 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 1354343. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.