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Doyle, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mexia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76642. The Survey maps it on the Groesbeck quadrangle.

Doyle within Limestone County

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

122 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Doyle between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,530 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH RUSK ST
24 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
2 September 2008Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9192
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9193
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9191
10 September 2019Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9102
10 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20191516

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Doyle: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Barron Brick Plant and PitClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

14 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doyle in 14 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 hail. 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 2024Flash FloodDoyle$100,000A train derailment of 5 sand hauler cars occurred due to high water near CR 456 and CR 406.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDoyle$100,000Damage was reported east of Fort Parker State Park along LCRs 406, 456 and 460. An unoccupied trailer was rolled over and destroyed, metal fences and awnings were damaged, large tree limbs were knocked down, and some trees were uprooted in saturated soils.
June 2024Flash FloodDoyle$5,000Minor road flooding was reported across the county.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDoyle$5,000Multiple trees were reported down on Park Road 28 at Fort Parker State Park.
March 2016Flash FloodDoyle$5,000A local newspaper reported that a woman was rescued from her car after getting stranded on a rural road off of Highway 14 just east of Fort Parker State Park.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDoyle$2,000Shiloh VFD reported a downed tree that was blocking the roadway on LCR 456 just before the railroad.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindDoyle$500Emergency management reported small trees blown down approximately 5 miles north of the city of Groesbeck, TX.
April 2026HailDoyle-Report of 1.25 inch hail 4 miles north of Groesbeck, from mPING.
March 2025HailDoyle-Reported via mPING north of Groesbeck.
March 2025HailDoyle-Reported via mPING north of Groesbeck.
May 2024Flash FloodDoyle-A trained spotter reported flooded and impassable low water crossings near Plummers Creek and LCR 456 north of Groesbeck.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDoyle-Trees and power lines down along HWY 14 north of Groesbeck and near Fort Parker State Park.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDoyle-Large tree limbs were broken along LCR 406 just north of LCR 412.
December 2015Flash FloodDoyle-State Highway 14 north of the Navasota River was barricaded due to water over the road.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Fort Parker2.3 miles8
Groesbeck3.7 miles8
Shiloh3.8 miles8
Forest Glade4.0 miles9
Prairie Grove4.4 miles8
Fallon5.3 miles8
LaSalle5.4 miles8
Thelma5.6 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.

Wikidata item Q49348510The 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 1379678. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.