Corbet, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Corsicana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75110. The Survey maps it on the Corbet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Corbet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
213 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Corbet between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,263 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW COUNTY ROAD 0020 / SW COUNTY ROAD 0030 (41) |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 31 WEST |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6234 W STATE HIGHWAY 31,(44) |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW3080 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corbet in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbet | $10,000 | Trees down and power outages reported west of Retreat. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbet | $5,000 | A social media report indicated that multiple trees were blown down near the city of Corbet, TX. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbet | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees. No dollar estimate of damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Valley | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pickett | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Drane | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Retreat | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Angus | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mustang | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Purdon | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Silver City | 5.9 miles | 7 |
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 Q122572664 | 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 1378157. 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.



