Forest Glade, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mexia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76667. The Survey maps it on the Tehuacana 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Groesbeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Tehuacana quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
255 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Forest Glade between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,817 acres in total. 6 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 | 130 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 & FM 80 |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1365 & LCR 490 |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LCR 492 |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 451 FM 1365 |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20201591 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Glade in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glade | $125,000 | Significant damage occurred to a house on Lake Mexia when a large tree was uprooted and fell on the house. Trees fell onto a shed as well. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glade | - | Mexia County Airport reported a peak wind of 61 mph. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glade | - | The Automated Weather Observation System at the Limestone County Airport measured a wind gust of 60 MPH. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glade | - | Wind gusts up to 60 MPH were reported flowing into a storm west of Mexia. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Glade | - | Large limbs were blown into roadways west of Mexia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Shiloh | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Mexia | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Doyle | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Holden | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Fort Parker | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Point Enterprise | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Thelma | 5.8 miles | 8 |
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 Forest Glade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5468868 | 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 1357557. 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.




