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Forest Grove, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Plano census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75002. The Survey maps it on the Wylie quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Forest Grove within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

158 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Forest Grove between 2005 and 2017, burning about 344 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-365
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARKER RD
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4001 N 75
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-362
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1414 S TENNESSEE
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0258
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-389

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Forest Grove: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Grove in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2016HailForest Grove$5,000,000Amateur radio reported that hail from ping pong ball to hen egg sized fell for 8 minutes near the intersection of Malone Street and Main Street in Allen, TX.
March 2025HailForest Grove$11,000Reported via mPING southeast of Allen.
March 2025HailForest Grove$7,000Broadcast media reported golf ball hail in east Allen.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindForest Grove$3,000Several fences and medium trees were down in the area around Malone Road and Bethany Dr in Allen.
May 2024HailForest Grove-Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
July 2014Thunderstorm WindForest Grove-Wind damage was reported near Country Club Road and Stacy Road in Fairview. An 8 diameter tree was also blown over.
August 2008Flash FloodForest Grove-Stacy Road nar Highway 75 was shut down due to flash flooding.
May 2022HailForest Grove-no account filed
March 2022HailForest Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Collin 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
Wetsel2.0 miles11
Winningkoff2.5 miles12
Fairview2.9 miles11
Lucas3.0 miles12
Allen3.5 miles12
Lowry Crossing4.1 miles11
Trinity Park4.2 miles12
Seis Lagos4.2 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.

Wikipedia article on Forest GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076480The 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 1378310. 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.