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Cypress, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75494. It stands on Little Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Purley quadrangle.

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Cypress within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

146 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Cypress between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,402 acres in total. 1 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 burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Natural1
Fireworks1
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3170, JUST NORTH OF CR 3250
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRACE LUTHERAN
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6289
27 September 2003Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 241
26 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6224
23 September 2005Smoking230 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 390
23 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 197
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3230

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cypress: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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
New Hope Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cypress in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
December 2015Tornado (EF0)Cypress2 hurt, $2,000,000A NWS Storm Survey team concluded that the damage in Franklin County, Texas west of Purley community was consistent with that of tornado damage. The EF-2 tornado first touched down near County Road 3250 and traveled in a northerly direction, crossing County Road 2376 before lifting after crossing County Road 3055. The worst of the damage was noted near the intersection of County Road 3170 and County Road 2376. Numerous trees were snapped and/or uprooted along the path of this tornado. Around 20 structures suffered damage including 4 mobile homes that were completely destroyed. Four of the 20 homes suffered major damage. Two people were injured in one of the mobile homes.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Cypress$250,000This EF1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 104 mph developed within a QLCS and began along Highway 37 just north of Winnsboro in southwest Franklin County where it snapped and uprooted several trees. The tornado continued east along Farm-to-Market Road 3357, County Road 3430, and County Road 4340 and continued snapping and uprooting numerous trees as it crossed County Road 4335, County Road 4345, and began to move along FM Road 1448. Tree damage became more extensive as it approached the intersection of FM Road 1448 and FM Road 115. At this location, most of the metal roof panels were removed from a|South Franklin Fire Department building. Farther east, two homes in the New Hope community were damaged. One house lost almost all of the upwind portion of its roof when the section overhanging a porch was uplifted. A manufactured home also lost a portion of its roof, causing part of a wall failure. Two residents were in this part of the manufactured home at the time but were uninjured. Metal roof panels on a neighboring outbuilding were also peeled back and twisted. Farther north, a church on County Road|4395 lost some of its roof. More softwood trees were snapped and uprooted along County Road 4396 before the tornado moved over Lake Bob Sandlin and crossed into Camp County. The tornado tracked just over 10 miles in southern Franklin County.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCypress$3,000Several trees were snapped and uprooted on either side of Hwy. 37. A workshop had its metal roof blown off.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCypress$100A large tree was uprooted in a front yard...along with 3 other trees downed in Mount Vernon, Texas. Shingles were also off a home along County Road 3330. A large tree was also downed on Hwy. 37.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCypress-Power poles downed across southern portions of Franklin County.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCypress-Trees downed on two structures between Mount Vernon and Winnsboro.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCypress-Multiple trees were downed across Naus Drive along the north shore of Lake Cypress Springs.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCypress-A roof was partially removed from a home near the intersection of Highway 37 and County Road 3330.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCypress-Numerous trees were downed across Southern Franklin County.
December 2015Flash FloodCypress-Several Farm to Market roads, including 3250 and 3170 were flooded and closed near the Purley community.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCypress-Several trees down.
January 1999HailCypress-Reported along Hwy 115.
May 2003HailCypress-no account filed
July 2003HailCypress-no account filed
March 1999HailCypress-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCypress-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindCypress-no account filed
April 1995HailCypress-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Purley3.3 miles9
Clearwater4.7 miles13
Rock Springs4.8 miles13
Majors4.8 miles9
New Hope5.6 miles9
Union6.3 miles8
Scroggins6.6 miles13
Hopewell7.9 miles9

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 CypressAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q112967969The 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 1379627. 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.