Delrose, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75644. It stands on Holmes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bettie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Bettie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
701 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 701 fires within 5 miles of Delrose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,697 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 17 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 | 501 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 190329 |
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0299 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-262 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6237 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-263 |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0320 |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0282 |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 640 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delrose in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delrose | $100,000 | Several trees were downed north of town. Two trees fell across mobile homes. There were no report of injuries. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delrose | $50,000 | Numerous trees were downed on Hwy. 155 between Gilmer and Hwy. 259. Also, high winds tore down two H-frame transmission structures in Gilmer resulting in power outages to over 3500 customers. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Delrose | - | High water covered multiple roads in Gilmer. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettie | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Union Hill | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Friendship | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bethlehem | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gilmer | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Enon | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lone Pine | 4.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122590112 | 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 1378208. 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.



