Claytonville, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79556. The Survey maps it on the Bernecker quadrangle.
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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Bernecker quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Claytonville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,979 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM419 |
| 2 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOWER |
| 9 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM419 FIRST DITCH |
| 7 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISHER COUNTY MUTUAL AID |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY |
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY |
| 21 July 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIGHTENING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Claytonville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Brick Mason Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claytonville in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 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 2024 | Hail | Claytonville | - | Public reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Claytonville | - | A trained spotter measured this hail stone at 2.2 inches. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Claytonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Claytonville | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378126. 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.



