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De Berry, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the De Berry-Deadwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75639. The Survey maps it on the De Berry quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

De Berry within Panola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of De Berry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,452 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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 burning75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2013Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6304
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined89 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 230
8 September 1999Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 222
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Panola County

Storms near this place

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Berry in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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
December 2022Tornado (EF2)De Berry$25,000An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 115 mph touched down in a forested area in Northern Panola County just west of County Road 3123, where approximately a couple hundred softwood trees were snapped and uprooted across an area around 460 yards wide. The tornado damage swath narrowed as it damaged a roof of a single family home off of County Road 312 and County Road 3123. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees as it tracked across FM 31 and into Southern Harrison County near the Elysian Fields community.
January 1999Tornado (F1)De Berry$12,000The damage path was in a mostly wooded region with little population. Only one (1) home was damaged from a pine tree that fell on it. Remainder of damage consisted of numerous snapped and fallen trees.
January 1999Flash FloodDe Berry$10,000Heavy rain led to the closure of CR 336. Two cars were washed off the road by no injuries occurred.
September 2023LightningDe Berry$5,000Lightning struck a tree near De Berry and ignited a fire nearby. Hail was also observed, but a size was not reported.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Trees and power lines downed in De Berry.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Numerous trees downed throughout northern Panola County.
April 2023HailDe Berry-Nickel to quarter size hail fell in De Berry.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Two structures damaged in the De Berry community.
April 2021HailDe Berry-Quarter size hail fell in the De Berry community.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Trees were downed on FM 1794 near De Berry.
April 2020HailDe Berry-A picture of ping pong ball size hail that fell just southwest of the DeBerry community was posted to social media.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-A tree was blown down onto power lines on County Road 336 north of the DeBerry community.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Multiple trees and power lines were downed in the De Berry community.
May 2019Flash FloodDe Berry-Nearly every county road along Highway 79 North from Deberry to Bethany was flooded. The flooding included portions of Highway 31 east to FM 9, as well as numerous other county roads in Eastern Panola County.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Large tree branches were snapped off onto power lines causing power outages in the community of DeBerry.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-A large tree was blown down on County Road 314 a few miles southwest of De Berry.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Trees were blown down along FM 31 in De Berry.
April 2015HailDe Berry-Hail that fell ranged from golfball to baseball size in the town of De Berry, Texas.
February 2013HailDe Berry-Hail was reported in the Deberry community.
February 2013Tornado (EF0)De Berry-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and determined that a weak EF0 tornado touched down briefly northeast of Carthage, Texas. Damage consisted of |a small, snapped hardwood tree along County Road 307.
February 2013Tornado (EF0)De Berry-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and determined that a brief tornado touched down northeast of Carthage, Texas. Damage consisted of two pine trees snapped along FM 31 near the County Road 316 intersection.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Several trees were downed near the intersection of Hwy. 79 and FM. 31 south of Deberry, Texas.
July 2009Flash FloodDe Berry-Numerous roads were under water near Deberry, Texas.
May 2008Flash FloodDe Berry-High water was reported across Hwy 79 near De Berry, Texas.
May 2008Flash FloodDe Berry-High water was reported across several Farm to Market roads making travel impassible. Numerous creeks were exceeding their banks including Socogee Creek. Flooded roads included FM 31 between De Berry and Elysian Fields as well as FM 31 and FM 9.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Several large trees down along CR328.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Numerous trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Several trees were blown down onto Highway 79, blocking the road.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-Several trees were blown down across Higway 79.
March 2000HailDe Berry-no account filed
May 1998HailDe Berry-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindDe Berry-no account filed
April 1996HailDe Berry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Panola 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
DeBerry0.1 miles13
Midyett4.8 miles17
Panola5.5 miles15
River Hill5.9 miles17
Horton6.4 miles13
Centennial7.6 miles17
Bethany8.1 miles15
Hudson Mast9.5 miles13

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 De BerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5243862The 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 1334117. 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.