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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2006Regional 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 burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR331 |
| 25 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUFFALO |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 341 |
| 31 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 356 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUCKHORN RANCH |
| 25 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIELD FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Arch Aggregate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Texas Arch Aggregates Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Cherokee | $150,000 | Up to six and a half inches of rain fell and flooding was reported throughout the county. HIghway 71 was closed. |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Cherokee | - | 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 2025 | Hail | Cherokee | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2025 | Heavy Rain | Cherokee | - | An LCRA automated rain gauge reported 5.22 inches of rain in 1 hour. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cherokee | - | An emergency manager reported marble to ping pong ball size hail in Cherokee. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Cherokee | - | There was small hail with some quarter size hail falling on Highway 16 south of Cherokee. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cherokee | - | Public reported half dollar size hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cherokee | - | The public reported hen egg size hail 4 miles west-northwest of Pontotoc. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cherokee | - | This report came from Mping. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee | - | The public reported large tree limbs down. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Cherokee | - | A few oak trees were snapped and several large limbs were broken off. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (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 1997 | Flash Flood | Cherokee | - | 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 2026 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Cherokee | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Cherokee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chappel | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| High Valley | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bend | 13.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rough Creek Crossing | 13.3 miles | 16 | |
| San Saba | 14.7 miles | 16 | |
| Harkeyville | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sloan | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hicks Crossing | 16.6 miles | 16 |
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 Cherokee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5092119 | 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 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.











