Deanwright, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Palestine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75801. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Palestine quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Southeast Palestine quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Deanwright between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,753 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 11 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 | 136 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLMAN |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELK90088 |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 210 |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 227 |
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 228 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 523 |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 200 FIELD ST |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 219 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deanwright in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Deanwright | 1 killed | A 30 year old male died in flood waters on Anderson County Road 370. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deanwright | $10,000 | More than fifty trees were broken or uprooted in the Concord community. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deanwright | - | Emergency management reported trees damaged, snapped and uprooted around Lost Prairie Lake. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deanwright | - | Amateur radio reported that trees approximately 24 inches in diameter were blown over near Chambers Cemetery on County Road 153. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Deanwright | - | Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 84 and County Road 385 southeast of Palestine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kossuth | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wells Creek | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Palestine | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jarvis | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Alderbranch | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cronin | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Herring | 7.7 miles | 11 |
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 Deanwright | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21791409 | 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 1379644. 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.





