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Erin, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kirbyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75956. The Survey maps it on the Roganville quadrangle.

Erin within Jasper 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Erin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,975 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 48 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 burning140
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism48
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSALLY BESS
9 September 2013Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9176
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGENE RICHARDS
6 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 311
3 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaWOODVILLE - 9097
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 830
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMIKE KENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper 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 Erin: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erin in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
January 2018Tornado (EF0)Erin$20,000A weak tornado briefly touched down on Country Road 451, destroying one barn and damaging the roof of another barn. The path length was around half a mile. Several trees had the tops twisted off.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindErin$10,000A spotter reported that a mobile home had roof damage and two trees near one foot in diameter had been snapped.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindErin$3,000Trees and powerlines downed during a storm northwest of Kirbyville.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindErin$2,000Trees were downed northwest of Kirbyville.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindErin$1,000A tree was downed onto FM 252.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindErin$1,000A 24 inch in diameter tree was blown down in a 60 MPH wind gust during a thunderstorm.
February 2018Flash FloodErin-A report was received of near 12 inches of flowing water across Highway 509 northwest of Kirbyville after heavy rain.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindErin-A spotter reported a wind gust of 50 to 60 MPH with a thunderstorm.
April 2015HailErin-A photo was received through social media of one and a half inch hail southeast of Magnolia Springs.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindErin-A spotter estimated a wind gust around 60 MPH.
April 2015HailErin-One and a quarter inch hail was reported northwest of Kirbyville.
May 1999HailErin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Eclipse2.1 miles9
Magnolia Springs3.4 miles12
Zion Hill4.1 miles9
Roganville5.1 miles9
Mount Union5.7 miles12
Spring Hill5.7 miles13
Oak Hill6.3 miles13
Friendship6.5 miles9

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 ErinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q25021595The 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 1379731. 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.