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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.

Denning within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

77 since 1992

Regional 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 866
6 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 687
28 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2013Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7131
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 251
2 September 2013Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7104
1 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 608
1 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 607

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine County

Storms near this place

8 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026HailDenning-Quarter to ping pong ball size reported in the Goodwin community southwest of San Augustine.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindDenning-Trees were blown down on FM 1196 just south of Highway 21 east of Chireno.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDenning-Trees and power lines downed near the Martinsville community.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDenning-A tree was blown down at FM 1196 and Highway 21.
May 2021Flash FloodDenning-FM 1277 between County Road 347 and County Road 3350 was flooded and closed.
April 2021Flash FloodDenning-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 2020Thunderstorm WindDenning-Trees were downed on Highway 21 a few miles east of Chireno.
April 2007HailDenning-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Augustine 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
New Hope2.6 miles11
Union2.9 miles11
Redland5.0 miles11
Goodwin6.3 miles13
Ironosa6.8 miles11
Union Grave7.2 miles13
Camp Worth (historical)7.2 miles11
San Augustine7.5 miles12

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.