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Detroit, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Detroit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75436. It stands on Dean Creek. The Survey maps it on the Detroit quadrangle. 704 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 482 feet above sea level.

Detroit within Red River County

Population over time

2 figures

Detroit fell from 732 to 704 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010732
2020704-28 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

137 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Detroit between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,653 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 burning78
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural5
Smoking2
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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 349
28 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARPENTER RANCH
27 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6158
27 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service5TH NW FIRE
25 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRODRIGUEZ FIRE
22 September 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6214
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 448
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Detroit in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Detroit$5,000,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds of 95 mph touched down northeast of Detroit along County Road 2127 North, where it twisted small and large limbs on a couple of trees. The tornado crossed CR 2140 and 2133, where it snapped and uprooted hardwood trees. The tornado was most evident in this location with the tall grass in a field pushed down and hardwood trees snapped in a convergent pattern. As the tornado crossed CR 2133, it just missed a single wide mobile home, only ripping a few metal panels off of its roof. The tornado continued to mostly twist and down large branches as it crossed CR 2234 and CR 2235, with a few hardwood trees snapped as it crossed CR 2235 before lifting. It is possible that the tornado continued on further beyond CR 2235, but a heavily wooded area prevented further access to the survey team.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindDetroit-Tree down with estimated 60 mph winds near Detroit.
May 2019HailDetroit-Golfball size hail fell in Detroit.
May 2017HailDetroit-Nickel size hail fell at the Detroit Superette Grocery Store.
April 2016Flash FloodDetroit-Farm To Market Road 410 was closed near the intersection of County Road 1255 due to flooding.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindDetroit-Trees down along Farm to Market Road 410. A number of farm outbuildings lost metal roof sheeting or were completely destroyed.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindDetroit-A tree down and power was out in the city of Detroit.
May 2016Flash FloodDetroit-Two feet of water was reported over several roads in Detroit.
May 2016Flash FloodDetroit-Farm to Market Road 3281 was flooded and closed northeast of Detroit.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Detroit-Several trees were snapped south of Detroit, Texas along FM. 410. Numerous small and large limbs were also laying in a path approximately 100 yards wide. Some trees were also snapped near the end of the track along Hwy. 82 east of Detroit. Maximum winds are estimated at 60-65 mph.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDetroit-Clarksville Police Department reported electrical poles and lines downed across the west side of the county.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindDetroit-Sheriff's office reporting trees and power lines downed on the west side of Detroit, Texas.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindDetroit-Powerlines were downed along Highway 82.
March 2007HailDetroit-Hail reported at US 82 near Little Chicago.
March 2002Flash FloodDetroit-Highway 410 flooded and impassable.
May 2012HailDetroit-no account filed
May 2011HailDetroit-no account filed
March 2007HailDetroit-no account filed
March 2006HailDetroit-no account filed
May 2006HailDetroit-no account filed
April 2004HailDetroit-no account filed
April 2004HailDetroit-no account filed
April 2004HailDetroit-no account filed
March 2000HailDetroit-no account filed
March 2000HailDetroit-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodDetroit-no account filed
May 1996HailDetroit-no account filed
March 1995HailDetroit-no account filed
April 1995HailDetroit-no account filed
December 1994HailDetroit-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Red River 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
Cross Road2.6 miles8
Liberty3.8 miles8
Midway3.8 miles8
Bagwell5.6 miles8
Fulbright7.8 miles8
Mabry8.5 miles8
Batesville9.0 miles8
Lone Star9.0 miles8

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 DetroitAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980081The 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 1355944. 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.