Chuckville, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rising Star census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76471. The Survey maps it on the Rising Star quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rising Star quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Chuckville between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,344 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 131 US HWY 36 |
| 11 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RISING STAR CR 233 |
| 3 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 129 4974 |
| 6 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLARK FIRE |
| 31 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROWNWING FIRE |
| 23 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY FIRE |
| 2 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHULTZ |
| 7 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTRY BARN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chuckville in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chuckville | $20,000 | The roof of a barn was torn off and a large tree was uprooted. Several structures also suffered minor damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okra | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rising Star | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Branton | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Union Center | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Top | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pioneer | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Romney | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sabanno | 11.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122546788 | 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 1378121. 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.




