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Emblem, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cumby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Cumby quadrangle.

Emblem within Hopkins County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

45 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Emblem between 2001 and 2018, burning about 1,608 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service313 CR 4741
17 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 2040
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1531 GRASS FIRE
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2653 N
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.2 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOPKINS 15:20
22 August 2001Debris and open burning80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emblem in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
January 2025Flash FloodEmblem$8,000A high water rescue was reported on Farm to Market Road 71 southwest of Tira.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEmblem-Emergency management reported trees down in the northwestern part of the county, including CRs 4743 and 4744.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindEmblem-Thunderstorm winds gusted up to 60 MPH.
May 1998HailEmblem-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindEmblem-no account filed
March 1997HailEmblem-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hopkins 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
Peerless3.6 miles8
Branom4.3 miles9
Ridgeway4.6 miles9
Deep Well Crossing (historical)5.6 miles8
Posey5.8 miles8
Overland6.4 miles8
Pleasant Grove6.7 miles8
Gafford6.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378260. 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.