Concord, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the New Summerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75789. The Survey maps it on the Griffin quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1937 USGS Troupe quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Troup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,022 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 2 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 | 115 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4608 FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4620 FIRE |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 856 AND CR 4716 |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 378 CR 4608 FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2274 N |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6797 FM 856 FIRE |
| 23 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2173 CR 4701 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Concord: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Ball Clay, Clay, Kaolin, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troup Pit | Kaolin, Bentonite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Troupe | Clay | Producer | ||
| A D Green Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Henderson Clay Products Pit East | Ball Clay | Producer | ||
| Henderson Clay Products Pit West | Ball Clay | Producer | ||
| Reliance Clay Products Pit | Ball Clay | Producer | ||
| Reliance Clay Products Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Clay Products Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer | ||
| W.A. White No.1 & No.2 Pits | Ball Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concord in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Concord | - | Highway 856 south of the Concord Community was flooded and closed. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Concord | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Concord | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henrys Chapel | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Griffin | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Blackjack | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Emmaus | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Brushy | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gould | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Hill | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| New Summerfield | 6.7 miles | 11 |
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 Concord | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076446 | 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 1378149. 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.






