Edgar, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cuero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77954. The Survey maps it on the Edgar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Edgar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Edgar between 2006 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. None 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77A / CHRISTIAN RD |
| 5 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAIN TRESSEL FIRE OLD YOAKUM ROAD |
| 17 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TREE FIRE 183 N |
| 5 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77-A / LOCKHART CEMETARY RD |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US HWY 183 N GRASSFIRE |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US HWY 183 N JUST PAST LOCKHART CEMETERY RD |
| 17 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgar in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Lightning | Edgar | $50,000 | Lightning from a thunderstorm ignited a fire at an oil tank battery northeast of Cuero. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Edgar | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Cuero. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Edgar | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding of low water crossings on Hwy 183 north of Cuero. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Edgar | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding near Yoakum. There were numerous locations along FM 682 closed due to water over the road between Yoakum and Highway 77. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Edgar | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Edgar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Buchel | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Stratton | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Yoakum | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Petersville | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pearl City | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hochheim | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cuero | 8.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379701. 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.



