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Edith, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Robert Lee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76945. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edith quadrangle.

Edith within Coke 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

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Edith between 2006 and 2012, burning about 347 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDCAT MARINA - LIGHTNING
5 July 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2008Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFRIENDSHIP 2
23 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined114 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEDITH FIRE
19 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRMWD ARCHES
15 July 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHERRY LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Edith: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
EdithCopperOccurrence1972
Reece-Albert OperationsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Coke County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edith in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 15 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011LightningEdith$5,000A lightning strike damaged a chimney and a television.
April 2025HailEdith-The public reported 2 inch diameter hail.
January 2024HailEdith-Public reported quarter size hail.
May 2024HailEdith-Public reported ping pong ball size hail.
May 2024HailEdith-County 911 dispatch reported golf ball size hail.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEdith-Mesonet site reported 68 mph wind gust.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindEdith-A COOP observer reported a wind gust between 60 and 70 mph.
May 2019HailEdith-A COOP Observer reported quarter size hail 11 miles north-northeast of Water Valley.
May 2018HailEdith-The public reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
May 2018HailEdith-The broadcast media reported golf ball size hail.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEdith-The public reported tree limbs blown down at a residence along Texas Highway 158, four miles east of the Coke and Sterling County line. The strong winds lasted from 350 to 400 pm.
May 2015HailEdith-The Fire Department/Rescue reported hail up to the size of quarters on U.S. 87 in extreme southwest Coke County.
May 2013HailEdith-A trained spotter relayed a report of nickel to quarter size hail along State Highway 158 just west of Lake E.V. Spence.
June 2019HailEdith-no account filed
May 2018HailEdith-no account filed
April 2015HailEdith-no account filed
March 2007HailEdith-no account filed
May 2005HailEdith-no account filed
May 1999HailEdith-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coke 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
Robert Lee6.7 miles14
Sanco8.6 miles9
Silver12.2 miles10
Shawville16.9 miles15
Bronte16.9 miles15
Pecan Mott17.0 miles15
Fort Chadbourne18.3 miles13
Tennyson20.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378241. 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.