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Democrat, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mullin-Priddy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76864. The Survey maps it on the Democrat quadrangle.

Democrat within Mills County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

26 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Democrat between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,553 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
23 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNKNOWN
5 July 2013Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7X RANCH
28 July 2017Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMITH
23 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUFE FIRE
2 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR189
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service218
4 May 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM218
31 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEMOCRAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mills County

Storms near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Democrat in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2023HailDemocrat$100,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDemocrat$20,000Widespread property and tree damage was reported across the county. Several power outages also occurred.
June 2009HailDemocrat$1,000Golfball size hail fell in Democrat.
May 2011HailDemocrat$1,000no account filed
April 2025HailDemocrat-Amateur radio reported 1 inch hail 1 mile south of Democrat.
May 2015FloodDemocrat-The Mills County Sheriff's Department reported water over the intersection of FM 573 and CR 186.
May 2010Flash FloodDemocrat-Two to 3 feet of water was over the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 218 and Ranch Road 573 north of the city of Mullin.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindDemocrat-A tree was blown over County Road 190.
October 1993HailDemocrat-The Sheriff's Office reported hail up to two inches in size around the Priddy and Democrat area.
March 1997Flash FloodDemocrat-no account filed
March 1995HailDemocrat-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mills 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
Villa6.4 miles17
Priddy8.0 miles16
Mullin9.0 miles17
Blanket Springs9.5 miles17
Duke Crossing11.9 miles17
Bozar12.2 miles16
Caradan13.3 miles13
Durenville14.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1334249. 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.