Easterly, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Franklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77856. It stands on North Mineral Creek. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1927 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Easterly between 2006 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY HILL |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NAVASOTA VALLEY |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TFS 17-0000104 |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOXIE CHAPEL |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1940 FIRE |
| 17 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TFS 17-0000096 |
| 8 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDER RD |
| 16 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLKE RANCH GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easterly in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easterly | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and power poles near Jack Corn Rd and East Highway 79 near Easterly. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Easterly | $4,000 | A brief tornado near Easterly tore down trees, fences, and power lines. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Easterly | - | Half inch to dime sized hail was reported near Easterly. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Easterly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| New Baden | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Owensville | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Franklin | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bald Prairie | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Eaton | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Petteway | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Nesbitt | 11.3 miles | 7 |
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 Easterly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5329934 | 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 1356768. 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.





