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Delray, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carthage census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75633. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Beckville quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Delray within Panola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Delray between 1992 and 2020, burning about 828 acres in total. 6 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 burning122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2017-117
29 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 146
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015-110
26 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015-111
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015-109
24 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6338

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Panola 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 Delray: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Panola County

Storms near this place

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delray in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDelray$10,000Several large trees down including one tree that fell across a home causing considerable roof damage.
May 2024Flash FloodDelray-Flash flooding reported along multiple roadways southwest of Carthage, including County Roads 106, 108 and 110.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDelray-Trees down covering both lanes of the road near the intersection of County Road 219 and County Road 959 in the Holland Quarters community.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDelray-Trees were blown down onto County Road 107.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDelray-Power lines were downed on County Road 104.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDelray-Trees were downed west of Carthage, Texas.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDelray-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.

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
Holland Quarters2.1 miles14
Fair Play3.8 miles12
Clayton3.9 miles13
Riderville5.0 miles14
Beckville6.2 miles14
Carthage6.5 miles13
Pleasant Ridge7.4 miles13
Buncome7.5 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.

Wikidata item Q130314662The 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 1379649. 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.