Douglassville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marietta-Douglassville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75560. The Survey maps it on the Douglassville quadrangle. 211 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDouglassville fell from 229 to 211 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 229 | |
| 2020 | 211 | -18 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1910 USGS Linden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Douglassville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Douglassville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,543 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 15 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 | 144 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6236 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 633 |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 355 |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6162 |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAD WRIGHT |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROD ROWE |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MICHAEL WALLIAMS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglassville in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Douglassville | - | Golf ball size hail reported in Douglassville. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Numerous trees and power lines downed on Highway 77 approximately 6 miles west of Douglassville. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Douglassville | - | Quarter size hail fell in the Douglassville community. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Trees were downed across the entire county. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Douglassville | - | Penny to nickel sized hail reported in Douglassville, Texas. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Douglassville | - | Several trees were uprooted and snapped along State Highway 8 north of Douglassville, Texas on both sides of the highway. Some minor shingle damage was noted to houses along the highway. Along County Road 2123, numerous hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted next to a church. No structural damage was noted. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Trees were downed in Douglassville, Texas. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Power lines were downed along Highway 77 in town. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Trees downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Trees were downed. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Numerous trees toppled. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | Several large trees down. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Douglassville | - | A weak tornado developed along a squall line as it moved southeast across the county. There is some thought that this tornado may have been a strong gustnado which formed along the leading edge of the squall line. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Douglassville | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Douglassville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panhandle | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Gum Springs | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Overcup Landing | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Poorboy Landing | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Armstrong Landing | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Red Hill | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| O'Farrell | 5.0 miles | 11 |
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 Douglassville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q972811 | 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 1334570. 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.





