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Deadwood, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the De Berry-Deadwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75633. It stands on Taylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the River Hill quadrangle. It stands 266 feet above sea level.

Deadwood within Panola County

On record in Deadwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

134 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Deadwood between 1993 and 2020, burning about 678 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined26
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1

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 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRICHARD BAGLEY
9 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 518
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 472
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism80 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2517 @ RIVER BRIDGE
3 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 209
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 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

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deadwood in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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
March 1999LightningDeadwood$5,000Lightning struck a house causing a minor fire.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindDeadwood$5,000Trees were blown down onto Highway 9 by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDeadwood$5,000Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
January 1994Thunderstorm WindDeadwood$5,000Numerous trees were blown down on a 200 acre plot along the Sabine River. Several trees were uprooted or broken off, blocking the road.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-A tree was blown down near the intersection of FM 2517 and FM 31 in the Deadwood community.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Trees downed on FM Road 2517 near the Deadwood community.
June 2021Flash FloodDeadwood-FM 3359 a few miles southeast of Deadwood was covered in high water and closed.
June 2021Flash FloodDeadwood-FM 31 a few miles south of Deadwood was covered in high water and closed.
June 2021Flash FloodDeadwood-FM 31 north and south of FM 2517 in the Deadwood community was covered in high rushing water.
November 2020Tornado (EF1)Deadwood-A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down near County Road 446 and traveled northeast for approximately a third of a mile before crossing FM 31 South near a residence. This tornado likely continued on at least a little farther downstream from this spot, but access downstream was very limited for several miles and thus the official end point of the tornado is at the crossing of FM 31 South. A few small trees were snapped at the start point of the tornado, but at FM 31 South, there were at least 10 large pine trees that were snapped or uprooted with noted signs of damage convergence. The estimated tornado path was just to the north of a residence and no real structural damage was observed.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Numerous trees were downed across the eastern half of the county. Widespread power outages as well.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Trees were downed in Deadwood, Texas.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Four trees were downed on the eastern side of the county.
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Deadwood-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Panola County Texas, and determined that a tornado first touched down in eastern Panola County near FM 3359 and then moved northeast into Desoto Parish, Louisiana. Several trees were uprooted and/or snapped just before crossing into Desoto Parish. Winds were estimated at 110 - 115 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Trees and powerlines wee downed in the community of Deadwood, Texas.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Several large trees down.
May 1994HailDeadwood-Trees were blown down onto Highway 9 by thunderstorm winds.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Several trees were blown down onto Highway 9.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Several trees blown down by thunderstorm winds.
February 1993Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind.
April 1996HailDeadwood-no account filed
April 1994HailDeadwood-no account filed
March 1993HailDeadwood-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
Logan6.3 miles18
Midyett6.7 miles17
Galloway7.1 miles18
Centennial7.2 miles17
Hudson Mast7.2 miles13
Antioch7.4 miles13
River Hill7.5 miles17
Old Center9.6 miles17

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 DeadwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5245739The 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 1379642. 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.