Coesfield, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Callisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76273. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Horseshoe Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Coesfield between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,156 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 6 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39 acres | Chickasaw Agency | STEVEN'S SPRINGS |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEXTER FIRE |
| 4 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.3 acres | Chickasaw Agency | ADDINGTON BEND |
| 28 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 110 |
| 26 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALNUT BEND |
| 26 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coesfield in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Hail | Coesfield | - | A public report indicated quarter-sized hail approximately 8 miles north of the city of Callisburg, TX. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Coesfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Bend | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dexter | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sturgeon | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Balm | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Callisburg | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Custer City | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sivells Bend | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 11.8 miles | 13 |
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 Coesfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122569792 | 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 1379567. 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.






