Cross, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Anderson-Bedias census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77861. The Survey maps it on the Iola quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Iola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Iola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
87 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Cross between 1993 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRIMES 15:42 |
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 21 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 107 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Fireworks | 1.9 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRIMES 16:30 |
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cross in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Hail | Cross | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross | - | There were reports of snapped trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iola | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bedias | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cotton | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Keith | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Singleton | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ferguson Crossing | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Carlos | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Roans Prairie | 17.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380835. 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.



