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Drane, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Corsicana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75110. The Survey maps it on the Corbet quadrangle.

Drane within Navarro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

178 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Drane between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,617 acres in total. 4 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use33
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7145 NWCR 1200
7 September 2008Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7404 HWY 22
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 31 WEST
26 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6234 W STATE HIGHWAY 31,(44)
26 September 2015Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service204 S. FM 1126
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use18 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2015Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12263 NW 2290

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navarro County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drane in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDrane$30,000A trailer house was damaged along FM 744 south of Blooming Grove. The roof was torn off the home. The damage was likely caused by the RFD of a supercell.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDrane$15,000Emergency management reported one home, several trees, fences and outbuildings damaged west-northwest of Oak Valley.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDrane$1,000A public report indicated that a shed was blown across the road and power lines were knocked down.
April 2025Flash FloodDrane-A trained spotter reported high water on TX Highway 31 west of Corsicana. The road was becoming impassable in spots.
February 2024HailDrane-Emergency manager reported ping-pong sized hail near Corbet, southwest of Corsicana.
April 2018HailDrane-Emergency management reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of FM 744 and FM 1126 approximately 8 miles southwest of the city of Corsicana, TX.
October 2018Tornado (EF0)Drane-A brief tornado was observed by a storm spotter near the intersection of Hwy 31 and FM 744 to the southwest of Corsicana. Picture evidence was shared of the tornado but no additional details were provided, and the location of the tornado is estimated. The time is also estimated from radar.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDrane-Law enforcement reported trees down.

Every storm recorded in Navarro 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
Corbet3.8 miles9
Oak Valley4.0 miles9
Barry4.6 miles8
Dresden5.0 miles8
Black Hills5.0 miles9
Silver City5.6 miles7
Retreat6.0 miles10
Pickett6.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378226. 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.