Cross Cut, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the May census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76443. The Survey maps it on the Cross Cut quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1931 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cross Cut quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Cross Cut between 2005 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 4 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2940 (11-028504) |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 122 4785 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 411 4799 |
| 23 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 123 (4136) |
| 15 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 415 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cross Cut in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 22 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Hail | Cross Cut | $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Cross Cut | $50,000 | This tornado was observed by a law enforcement officer. Damage was most noted to trees. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Cross Cut | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail reported at Cross Cut. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Cut | - | A trained spotter reported power lines, power poles and large trees were blown down by damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Cross Cut | - | A National Weather Service damage survey indicated an EF-1 tornado with highest wind speeds around 107 mph moved east along FM 2940 and then curved to the north across an oil field. The tornado damaged several homes along FM 2940 just east of Cross Cut. It lifted a significant amount of roof decking off one of the homes and destroyed the inside sheet rock. This tornado also blew out large overhead garage doors. The twister removed shingles from other residences and mostly destroyed small sheds. The tornado also snapped numerous Oak and Mesquite tree trunks and tree limbs. Debris was blown over 250 yards. Amateur radio operators from Brownwood also reported this tornado. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Cut | - | Strong damaging winds snapped four to five trees and each were about 12 inches in diameter. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | Dime to quarter size hail was reported by the public near Cross Cut. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | The fire department reported golf ball size hail covering Highway 279. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | A mobile home was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Cross Cut | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Byrds | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Grosvenor | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Holder | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| May | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Blackwell Crossing | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Shore | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fry | 14.6 miles | 15 |
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 Cross Cut | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115804414 | 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 1333713. 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.





