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Eddy, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moody-Lorena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76524. The Survey maps it on the Moody quadrangle.

Eddy within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

45 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Eddy between 2005 and 2020, burning about 553 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNATTENDED CONTROLLED BURN
28 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTOWERS
1 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use29 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRIPPLE CREEK
9 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
31 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
14 August 2015Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eddy in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
October 2015Flash FloodEddy$10,000Northbound and southbound directions of Interstate 35 between mile markers 314 to 316 were closed due to high water on the interstate.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindEddy$10,000no account filed
May 2025HailEddy-Emergency manager reported dime sized hail in Eddy.
April 2024HailEddy-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
April 2023HailEddy-Broadcast media relayed a social media picture of quarter sized hail in Bruceville-Eddy, TX.
June 2011HailEddy-Quarter sized hail fell on the southwest side of Eddy.
April 2010HailEddy-Quarter size hail was reported for at least 5 minutes by a local amateur radio operator and a member of local broadcast media in Bruceville-Eddy.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindEddy-An 18 wheel tractor trailer was blown over near Bruceville-Eddy.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Eddy-A sheriff's deputy reported a tornado near I-35 and Highway 7.
April 2000HailEddy-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindEddy-no account filed
May 1997HailEddy-no account filed
May 1997HailEddy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Bruceville-Eddy0.7 miles16
Bruceville1.9 miles15
Moody5.9 miles16
Lorena6.6 miles16
Spring Valley7.5 miles16
Levi8.9 miles15
Rosenthal11.7 miles15
Hewitt12.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1388213. 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.