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Culleoka, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75407. It stands on Pilot Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Culleoka quadrangle. It stands 551 feet above sea level.

Culleoka within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

92 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Culleoka between 2005 and 2017, burning about 256 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-365
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-362
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-389
20 September 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH BRANCH - 217
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWELDER FIRE
1 September 2013Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0254
9 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14834 CR 546

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Culleoka: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redding Stone Garrett QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Culleoka in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Thunderstorm WindCulleoka$200,000Significant thunderstorm wind damage was reported in the Princeton area along FM 982 near Lavon Lake. Moderate roof damage with the loss of several shingles occurred to 2 homes and several other items on the property were damage. One of the homes had clay shingles. Damage continued to the east-northeast where several trees sustained limb damage. About a quarter mile to the east of the first damaged homes, a manufactured home was nearly destroyed.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCulleoka$15,000A house was unroofed by high winds.
April 2017HailCulleoka-A CoCoRaHS observer reported quarter-sized hail 2 miles south southeast of the city of Princeton, TX.
May 1996HailCulleoka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Collin 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
Lavon Shores Estates1.9 miles11
Yucote Acres2.3 miles11
Branch2.4 miles12
Lavon Beach Estates2.5 miles11
New Mesquite3.2 miles11
Lowry Crossing3.4 miles11
Princeton3.4 miles10
Clear Lake3.7 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 CulleokaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14710434The 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 1333803. 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.