English, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Annona-Avery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75554. The Survey maps it on the English quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS English quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of English between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,695 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTER#1 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTER#2 |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 189 |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 175 |
| 3 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 356 |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6159 |
| 24 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of English: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names English in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | English | $10,000 | A roof was damaged to a home on County Road 3300 northeast of Annona. Large tree limbs were downed as well. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | English | - | High water covered FM 114. |
| January 2015 | Flash Flood | English | - | Bridges were flooded east of Clarksville, Texas including 114 near English and 1158 near Whiterock. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | English | - | Trees were downed across FM 114 between the English community and the Bowie County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caney | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| White Rock | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Mena (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Annona | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Reeds Settlement | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Savannah (historical) | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Avery | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Madras | 6.8 miles | 10 |
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 English | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5378139 | 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 1357028. 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.




