Clairette, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Duffau-Clairette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76457. It stands on Green Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clairette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clairette quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Clairette between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,156 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 113 |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1680 CR 133 |
| 5 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 239 |
| 5 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1824 |
| 31 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | 76 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAZY M FIRE |
| 25 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 239 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clairette in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Clairette | $1,000,000 | An EF-1 tornado with max winds of 110 mph touched down 5.7 miles northwest of Hico along FM 1824 and moved northeast, damaging a few trees and outbuildings. Along CR 238, several trees were snapped and uprooted and outbuildings damaged. Further to the northeast, a home on CR 229 received roof and siding damage and several trees and outbuildings were damaged. More homes and trees were damaged along CR 209, and a large dairy farm received damage to buildings. The worst damage occurred along CR 211 where one home lost much of its roof and siding, and a mobile home was completely destroyed with debris blown up to 700 yards away across fields. The tornado curved more eastward and weakened, with the last damage noted along FM 2481 to trees in the Johnsville community. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clairette | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Clairette | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Clairette | - | ,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 1996 | Hail | Clairette | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Duffau | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Selden | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Purves | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Johnsville | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Three Way | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cottonwood | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harbin | 9.8 miles | 12 |
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 Clairette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5125377 | 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 1332872. 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.





