Cuthand, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bogata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75417. The Survey maps it on the Cuthand quadrangle.
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
- 1964 USGS Cuthand quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
101 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Cuthand between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,385 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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 | 64 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 89 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 528 |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 632 |
| 28 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 56 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 631 |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 610 |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 429 |
| 1 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 259 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuthand in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Cuthand | - | FM 1487 closed from the Maple community to County Road 412 due to flooding. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Cuthand | - | FM 1487 south of Clarksville, Texas was flooded and closed. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Cuthand | - | A damage survey concluded that an EF0 tornado touched down about 10 miles south of Clarksville in Red River County, Texas. The tornado touched down along County Road 4610, where a few trees were uprooted. The tornado traveled north northeast just east of County Road 910, where additional trees were snapped and uprooted. This tornado continued across County Road 4605, snapping large limbs off of several more trees before lifting in a heavily wooded area. The maximum winds are estimated at 65-75 mph. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Cuthand | - | Farm to Market 1487 was closed due to excessive heavy rainfall. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Cuthand | - | FM 1487 near the Cuthand community was closed from flash flooding. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuthand | - | A tree was downed across FM 1487. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cuthand | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Branch | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sherry | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Peters Prairie | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Aikin Grove | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rosalie | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Johntown | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Harts Bluff | 7.2 miles | 9 |
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 Cuthand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28131872 | 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 1379624. 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.




