Deport, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Deport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75435. The Survey maps it on the Deport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Deport quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Deport between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,116 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 271N FIRE 9/28 |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 271N FIRE 9/16 |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEPORT MA GRASS FIRE 9/10 |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deport in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Deport | $75,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Deport | $10,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported 5 miles south-southwest of Deport. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Deport | $10,000 | Many streets were barricaded due to high water. One truck was heavily damaged from being swept off Main Street. Deport received nearly 11 inches of rain in the last 7 days. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deport | $5,000 | Emergency management reported a metal roof partially torn off of a building in Deport, TX. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Deport | $5,000 | Nickel and quarter size hail was covering the ground in Deport. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Deport | $4,000 | Reported via mPing. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deport | $3,000 | A public report indicated 3-inch diameter limbs and a few power poles blown down in the city of Deport, TX. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Deport | - | Golf ball size hail was reported in Deport. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Deport | - | A public MPING report indicated quarter sized hail in the city of Deport, TX. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Deport | - | A public report indicated quarter-size hail in the city of Deport, TX. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Deport | - | Quarter sized hail was reported 1 mile south of Deport. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Deport | - | Quarter sized hail was reported 4 miles southwest of Deport. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Deport | - | Quarter size hail was reported in the town of Deport. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deport | - | Several trees and large limbs were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deport | - | Wind damage of an unknown type was reported by the county Sheriff. |
| November 2000 | Flash Flood | Deport | - | Widespread street flooding was reported. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deport | - | Large trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Deport | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Deport | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Deport | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Hail | Deport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Milton | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hoover | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pattonville | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Minter | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Clardy | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Byrdtown | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cunningham | 7.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1373377. 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.




