Cryer Creek, 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 75102. The Survey maps it on the Cryer Creek 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
- 1962 USGS Cryer Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
225 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Cryer Creek between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,661 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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 | 117 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7145 NWCR 1200 |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7404 HWY 22 |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1013500 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1111906 |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IVY |
| 28 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5757 FM 1126 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIRE 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cryer Creek in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2012: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Hail | Cryer Creek | - | Quarter size hail was reported north of the city of Barry. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Cryer Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Blooming Grove | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Emhouse | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lone Oak | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Black Hills | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Drane | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dresden | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Raleigh | 8.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378190. 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.



