Gober, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Leonard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75496. The Survey maps it on the Gober quadrangle. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gober quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Gober between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,642 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON SIDE OF ROAD HWY 34 |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 842 CR 3135 |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1510 FM 1552 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURGESS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY FIRE |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1029 CR 3130 |
| 27 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gober in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gober | $20,000 | Emergency management reported that the west side of the community center lost its roof in Gober, TX. An 18-wheeler was also knocked on its side and the playground was knocked on its side. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gober | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to a property on FM 68. A dumpster was moved and flipped. Tree branches were broken. A feed barrel was moved nearly 100 yards. Fencing was broken, tin was torn off the roof of a barn, and porch columns were leaning. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Gober | - | Emergency management reported that several county roads in southern Fannin County were closed due to flooding. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Gober | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail about 5 miles southeast of Bonham. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Gober | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clutter Point | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hail | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Cotton Center | 3.3 miles | 6 | |
| Bartley Woods | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Prairie Point | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Bailey | 4.8 miles | 6 | |
| Silver City | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.1 miles | 6 |
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 Gober | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5575441 | 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 1381921. 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.



