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Eolian, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76424. It stands on Battle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eolian quadrangle.

Eolian within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Eolian between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,493 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 270
30 August 2020Natural1,120 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1853
29 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 270
25 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCLYMOND FIRE
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDITCH FIRE
27 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service567 WEST
22 July 2012Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 3418-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eolian in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEolian$200,000Notable damage was reported along FM 576 due to damaging straight line winds. A few roofs were removed from homes, metal doors were blown in, outbuilding and trees were damaged.
July 1995HailEolian$45,000Softball-size hail damaged roofs, windows, and cars.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Eolian$40,000Based on ground and aerial surveys...it was determined a tornado formed along FM 576 east of Eolian. The tornado damaged trees and a shed west of FM 576 and FM 3418 and continued to damage a large metal building on FM 3418. In addition, several large storage containers were blown across the road. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum winds of 80-85 MPH.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Eolian$5,000The tornado moved through open country damaging fences and trees before lifting 3 miles southeast of Eolian. This was reported by a rancher, whose [property the tornado passed through.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindEolian$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn and destroyed a shed.
April 2011HailEolian$1,000Golfball sized hail fell at the intersection of Farm-to-Market 1853 and County Road 190.
May 2010HailEolian-Nickel size hail was reported eight miles southwest of the city of Breckenridge.
June 2009HailEolian-Pea to Nickel size hail was reported on CR 576 in southwestern Stephens County.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindEolian-Two trees were blown down by high winds.
April 2008HailEolian-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stephens 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
Mankins Mill2.4 miles13
Eureka6.2 miles11
Harpersville6.3 miles13
South Hanlon8.4 miles14
Breckenridge8.6 miles14
Wayland10.7 miles13
Gunsight11.6 miles13
Necessity12.8 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122590901The 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 1378268. 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.