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Corrigan, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Corrigan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75939. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corrigan quadrangle. 1,477 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 236 feet above sea level.

Corrigan within Polk County

Population over time

3 figures

Corrigan fell from 1,721 to 1,477 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,721
20101,595-126 (-7%)
20201,477-118 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Corrigan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 989 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 burning33
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 860
5 September 2013Natural89 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8065
5 September 2009Debris and open burning10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 242
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2020Debris and open burning7.2 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOLK 15:33

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Corrigan: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corrigan in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 19 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$50,000Seven homes were damaged due to fallen trees in the Corrigan area. There were downed power lines off of US 59N.
March 2002HailCorrigan$25,000Quarter to half dollar sized Hail (1.00" to 1.50") was reported by Co-op Observer.
November 2000Flash FloodCorrigan$25,000FM 352 flooded near Riley Village Subdivision.
March 2002Tornado (F0)Corrigan$20,000Sheriff reported a tornado path with trees down, in rural northern Polk county east of Highway 59, from FM 1987 to the county line, then crossing into Angelina county. Confirmed by Shreveport NWS during their survey.
January 1999HailCorrigan$15,000no account filed
May 1999HailCorrigan$15,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$10,000Trees and power lines were downed throughout the city.
April 1999HailCorrigan$10,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$8,000Severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines across the northern part of the county.
February 2003HailCorrigan$8,000Quarter sized hail.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$6,000There were downed trees and damage to a roof of a house located on 3rd Street.
May 2004Flash FloodCorrigan$6,000Hwy 287 under water.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed three trees.
August 2009HailCorrigan$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail.
August 2002HailCorrigan$5,000Quarter size hail near Corrigan.
July 1997Flash FloodCorrigan$5,000Street flooding.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$5,000Trees uprooted on FM 942
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$5,000Trees and powerlines blown down
September 1997Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$5,000Trees blown down on HWY 352 between HWY 287 & HWY 59.
May 1997HailCorrigan$5,000no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$5,000no account filed
January 1997HailCorrigan$5,000no account filed
September 1997HailCorrigan$5,000no account filed
September 1997HailCorrigan$5,000no account filed
April 1996HailCorrigan$5,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$5,000no account filed
March 2005HailCorrigan$4,000no account filed
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCorrigan$3,000A tree was downed onto a home.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCorrigan-A tree was downed on FM 1987.
May 2024HailCorrigan-Hen sized hail was reported.
April 2017HailCorrigan-Dime sized hail was reported at the post office.
April 2017HailCorrigan-Half dollar sized hail was reported (social media).
April 2016Flash FloodCorrigan-High rainfall created countywide flooding. Sections of FM 350, FM 1988, FM 352, and FM 1276 between Livingston and Corrigan were flooded.
May 2013HailCorrigan-Quarter size hail observed in Corrigan.
June 2013HailCorrigan-The dime size hail was observed in Corrigan.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCorrigan-Lots of trees were reported down in Corrigan.
June 2009HailCorrigan-Penny sized hail was observed in Corrigan.
January 2007Flash FloodCorrigan-Flooding in the Corrigan area.
October 2004Flash FloodCorrigan-FM 352 E of Corrigan impassable due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Polk County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Snow Hill1.0 miles13
Pleasant Hill1.8 miles11
Asia2.2 miles13
Skinner Town2.9 miles11
Pluck4.5 miles14
Moscow5.8 miles13
Carmona6.9 miles13
Wakefield7.0 miles11

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 CorriganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q928824The 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 1355032. 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.