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Enoch, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75644. It lies near Underwood Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Gilmer quadrangle.

Enoch within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

849 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 849 fires within 5 miles of Enoch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,385 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 16 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 burning576
Missing data/not specified/undetermined162
Equipment and vehicle use30
Power generation/transmission/distribution23
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural16
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190328
9 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190329
9 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-0299
9 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-262
9 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 352
8 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-0320
8 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 229
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-261

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Enoch: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Upshur County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enoch in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
December 2015Tornado (EF1)Enoch$45,000An NWS Storm Survey team determined that the damage north of Gilmer, Texas in northern Upshur County was consistent with that of an EF-1 Tornado. This tornado uprooted and snapped several trees along its path between State Highway 154 and Lavender Road. Two homes were damaged by fallen trees and a few outbuildings lost some metal roofing panels.
July 2016LightningEnoch$25,000Lightning struck a home on FM. 1797 in the community of Kelsey Texas just south of Hwy. 154. There were no reports of injuries.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEnoch-Trees were uprooted on the south side of Lake Gilmer. A NWS Survey Team determined this damage to had been caused by Rear Flank Downdraft (RFD) winds.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEnoch-Trees and power lines were downed throughout Gilmer and much of Upshur County. Street signs were downed as well.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindEnoch-Trees were downed one mile west of Gilmer, Texas.
October 2009Flash FloodEnoch-Several roads across the northern half of the county were under water.
December 2011HailEnoch-no account filed
May 2011HailEnoch-no account filed
March 2010HailEnoch-no account filed
January 2010HailEnoch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Upshur 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
Summerfield1.5 miles13
Kelsey2.8 miles13
Gilmer3.0 miles12
Enon3.9 miles13
Latch4.1 miles13
Pritchett4.2 miles13
Piedmont4.3 miles12
Rosewood4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378265. 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.