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Flint, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bullard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75762. The Survey maps it on the Bullard quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.

Flint within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Flint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,046 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 burning156
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism17
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R. 165
5 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2015Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG EDDY FIRE
25 September 2015Debris and open burning3.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACKSON HEIGHTS GRASS FIRE
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIDGLEY CIR
23 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14458 HWY 155 S.
22 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 287
20 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 280

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith 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 Flint: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bullard DomeHalite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence1927
Whitehouse Salt DomeHalite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence1927

Every working recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flint in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 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
January 2010Tornado (EF0)Flint$200,000A weak EF0 tornado first touched down in a subdivision along Southern Trace Circle where shingles were peeled off several homes and a trampoline was thrown up onto a home. Several fences were blown down as well. The tornado continued east onto Walnut Hill Drive where sporadic tree damage was observed as well as some minor damage to several homes along the street. The tornado lifted before reaching US 69. Maximum winds are estimated at 65-70 mph.
December 2006Tornado (F1)Flint$100,000The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Southwest Smith County, Texas. The survey concluded that a supercell thunderstorm spawned a tornado that first touched down near the community of Flint, Texas. This tornado uprooted trees along CR 168. The tornado damaged a few small metal buildings as well. The tornado continued in a northward direction and uprooted trees near the community of Noonday, Texas or along CR 196 and Hwy 155. A barn suffered moderate damage near Noonday, Texas.
May 2019LightningFlint$75,000A house was struck by lightning and set on fire.
April 2020LightningFlint$25,000A home was struck by lightning in Flint. No injuries were reported.
October 2013Flash FloodFlint$5,000A car was stalled in high water on FM. 2868 near the Flint community.
May 2025HailFlint-Quarter size hail fell in Flint.
March 2024HailFlint-Quarter size hail reported at the intersection of FM Road 346 and FM Road 2493 in Flint.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFlint-Tree downed near the intersection of FM Road 346 and County Road 122.
February 2020Flash FloodFlint-Both the north and south bound lanes of Highway 69 were closed due to flooding.
April 2019Flash FloodFlint-A picture was posted to social media of high water which covered many streets in Flint.
May 2017HailFlint-Quarter size hail was reported in the Flint community.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFlint-A tree was downed blocking County Road 177.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindFlint-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Flint.
April 2016HailFlint-A photo was posted to the KLTV Facebook page of quarter size hail that fell in the Flint/Gresham areas.
March 2016Flash FloodFlint-County Roads 173 and 177 were underwater and closed.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFlint-Multiple trees down.
April 2014HailFlint-Hail was reported in Flint, Texas.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindFlint-A tree was downed on FM. 344 west northwest of Bullard, Texas.
March 2012Flash FloodFlint-Flooding reported at the intersection of Hwy. 69 and FM. 346.
October 2010HailFlint-Hail was reported in Flint, Texas.
February 2009HailFlint-Hail fell at the intersection of Farm to Market 346 and Oakbrook just east of Hwy. 69.
February 2009HailFlint-Hail covered the ground near Flint, Texas.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFlint-Numerous trees down.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindFlint-Numerous trees toppled across the area.
June 2012HailFlint-no account filed
August 2003HailFlint-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodFlint-no account filed
January 1997HailFlint-no account filed
October 1997HailFlint-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Smith 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
Lee Spring1.4 miles14
Gresham1.7 miles14
New Hope2.9 miles14
Noonday3.8 miles16
Bullard4.7 miles14
Copeland4.8 miles14
Antioch4.8 miles14
Teaselville4.9 miles16

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 FlintAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5459470The 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 1335957. 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.