BlockDatura, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Coolidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76635. The Survey maps it on the Tehuacana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Groesbeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Tehuacana quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Datura between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,375 acres in total. None 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 & FM 80 |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOYLE |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PURSLEY |
| 11 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Datura: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinney Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mexia Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Datura in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Datura | $15,000 | Emergency management reported flooding along FM 2310 between FM 73 and US 84, including one car being swept off the road. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Datura | $5,000 | The Cedar Island Ranch on Limestone County Road 198 lost several large cedar trees. Structural damage to a horse barn also occurred. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Datura | $2,000 | Lake Mexia was 4 ft above normal pool and still rising, and residents near the lake were being evacuated. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122596302 | 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 1379639. 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.