BlockCunningham, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Deport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75434. It stands on West Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cunningham quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cunningham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham between 1999 and 2017, burning about 215 acres in total. 2 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 542 |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 615 |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 196 FIRE 9/18 |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1110 RE-KINDLE 9/10 |
| 2 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9094 |
| 29 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cunningham in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | 1 hurt, $120,000 | The Paris News reported on CR 16130 near FM 1503 south of Deport a mobile home with one occupant rolled four times and was completely torn apart with one minor injury. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | Strong winds blew down large 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minter | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Oak | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Taylortown | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Milton | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Ford | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Deport | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clardy | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Kennemer Crossing | 9.4 miles | 8 |
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 Cunningham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5194303 | 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 1355474. 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.