Denning, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75972. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the San Augustine West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Augustine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS San Augustine West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Denning between 1992 and 2020, burning about 691 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 866 |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 687 |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7131 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 251 |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7104 |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 608 |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 607 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denning in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Denning | - | Quarter to ping pong ball size reported in the Goodwin community southwest of San Augustine. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denning | - | Trees were blown down on FM 1196 just south of Highway 21 east of Chireno. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denning | - | Trees and power lines downed near the Martinsville community. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denning | - | A tree was blown down at FM 1196 and Highway 21. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Denning | - | FM 1277 between County Road 347 and County Road 3350 was flooded and closed. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Denning | - | FM 1277 was flooded and closed about 1 mile north of Highway 103. FM 1992 west of Highway 147 was also flooded and closed. Other various roadways across Southern San Augustine County were flooded. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denning | - | Trees were downed on Highway 21 a few miles east of Chireno. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Denning | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Union | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Redland | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Goodwin | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ironosa | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Union Grave | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Worth (historical) | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| San Augustine | 7.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379653. 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.






