Gordonville, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76264. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gordonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gordonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Gordonville SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Gordonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
114 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Gordonville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,630 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TONIE HUFF |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK CREEK |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAGERMAN |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOUSAND TRAILS |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAWPAW CREEK |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CIDO & SUSAN MARQUES |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRAWFORD RD |
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE DIAMOND RESORT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordonville in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Gordonville | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $20,000 | A metal roof was torn off a manufactured home near US 377 & FM 901 near Gordonville. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Gordonville | $7,000 | An emergency manager reported golf ball size hail in Gordonville. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Gordonville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $1,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Gordonville. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Emergency management reported Nickel sized hail near the city of Gordonville, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in the city of Gordonville, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in the city of Gordonville, TX. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Quarter sized hail was reported 7 miles north of Sadler on FM 901. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Gordonville. |
| October 2009 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Nickel size hail fell in the town of Gordonville. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | - | Wind overturned an 18 wheeler on State Highway 377 where it crosses Lake Texhoma. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Gordonville | - | Flood waters were beginning to recede. Over 10 inches of rain fell. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Gordonville | - | Large hail was reported on the south side of Lake Texhoma. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Gordonville | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Flash Flood | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Gordonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Branch | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Mills | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sandusky | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Locust | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sherwood Shores | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Basin Springs | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Willow Spring | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dixie | 6.1 miles | 12 |
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 Gordonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5586064 | 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 1358189. 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.






