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Douglass, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cushing-Douglass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75943. The Survey maps it on the Douglass quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Douglass within Nacogdoches 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Douglass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 611 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
3 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 206
3 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 580
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 485
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODS
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 525

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nacogdoches County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglass in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1997Thunderstorm WindDouglass2 hurtTrees were toppled across the area. A two car accident occurred when cars slammed into one of the fallen trees.
May 2021Flash FloodDouglass-County Road 789 was closed due to flooding.
April 2020HailDouglass-A picture was posted to social media of half dollar size hail that fell just south of the Douglass community.
April 2020HailDouglass-Golfball size hail was reported near the Douglass community.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDouglass-A large tree was blown down just west of the Douglass community near the intersection of Highway 21 and County Road 3.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindDouglass-A tree was blown down across FM 225 south of the Douglass community.
May 2019Flash FloodDouglass-High water covered FM 225 south of FM 343. The road was closed.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindDouglass-Several trees and large branches were downed.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindDouglass-Trees were blown down.
April 2012HailDouglass-One half inch to three quarter inch hail reported in Douglass, Texas.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindDouglass-Trees downed on FM 225.
March 2002Tornado (F0)Douglass-Damage was confined to a few felled pine trees, broken tree tops and tree limbs. This tornado remained in Nacogdoches County, TX.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDouglass-Several large and medium trees fell across CR 779.
February 2001Flash FloodDouglass-Flooding across Hwy 21.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindDouglass-Trees and power lines down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindDouglass-Trees and power lines down.
February 1993Thunderstorm WindDouglass-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind.
February 1993Thunderstorm WindDouglass-The sheriff's office reported marble- to golf ball-size hail in Appleby and Garrison. A few minutes later the sheriff's office reported dime-size hail east of Nacogdoches and several trees down near Douglass.
March 2002HailDouglass-no account filed
November 2001HailDouglass-no account filed
April 2000HailDouglass-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDouglass-no account filed
June 1996HailDouglass-no account filed
February 1993HailDouglass-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nacogdoches 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
Winter Hill3.1 miles11
Nat4.3 miles11
County Line4.8 miles11
Lilbert4.8 miles11
Eden5.5 miles11
Looneyville6.9 miles11
Alazan7.7 miles11
Dextra10.1 miles11

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 DouglassAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5302165The 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 1356214. 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.