Denton, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clyde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79510. It lies near Eagle Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Eula quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Kirby Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Eula quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Denton between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,871 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLE FIRE |
| 29 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSS PLAINS MUTUAL AID |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10374 PRIVATE RD 2410 |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE OF HOT FIRE |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEER BLIND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denton in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 | Tornado (EFU) | Denton | - | A storm chaser observed a tornado on the ground southeast of Potosi, TX. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EFU) | Denton | - | A storm chaser video indicated a brief tornado touchdown south of Clyde. |
| March 2026 | Funnel Cloud | Denton | - | A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud via social media. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Denton | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Denton | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Denton | - | The public reported larger than baseball size hail 4 miles east-southeast of Dudley. The time based on radar. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Denton | - | The Fire Department reported quarter size hail 4 miles southeast of Eula. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Denton | - | A trained spotter reported pea to penny size hail on Farm to Market Road 604, one mile south of State Highway 36. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Denton | - | Penny to quarter size hail fell in Denton Valley. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Denton | - | The public reported numerous nickel and quarter size hail nearly covering the ground. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Denton | - | A road was closed because of flooding near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 604 and Highway 36. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Denton | - | Water was reported over FM604. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Denton | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Denton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q124031813 | 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 1378210. 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.






