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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.

Gordonville within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

114 since 1998

Regional 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTONIE HUFF
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCK CREEK
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAGERMAN
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHOUSAND TRAILS
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAWPAW CREEK
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIDO & SUSAN MARQUES
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOUBLE DIAMOND RESORT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1996Thunderstorm WindGordonville$100,000no account filed
April 1996HailGordonville$30,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGordonville$20,000A metal roof was torn off a manufactured home near US 377 & FM 901 near Gordonville.
June 2023HailGordonville$7,000An emergency manager reported golf ball size hail in Gordonville.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGordonville$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2021HailGordonville$2,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGordonville$1,000Trees were blown down by high winds.
March 2023HailGordonville-Quarter size hail was reported in Gordonville.
March 2018HailGordonville-Emergency management reported Nickel sized hail near the city of Gordonville, TX.
April 2018HailGordonville-Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in the city of Gordonville, TX.
April 2018HailGordonville-Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in the city of Gordonville, TX.
March 2016HailGordonville-Quarter sized hail was reported 7 miles north of Sadler on FM 901.
May 2009HailGordonville-Nickel size hail was reported in Gordonville.
October 2009HailGordonville-Nickel size hail fell in the town of Gordonville.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGordonville-Wind overturned an 18 wheeler on State Highway 377 where it crosses Lake Texhoma.
September 2001Flash FloodGordonville-Flood waters were beginning to recede. Over 10 inches of rain fell.
April 1995HailGordonville-Large hail was reported on the south side of Lake Texhoma.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Gordonville-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
May 2003HailGordonville-no account filed
December 1999HailGordonville-no account filed
December 1999HailGordonville-no account filed
April 1996Flash FloodGordonville-no account filed
April 1996HailGordonville-no account filed
April 1996HailGordonville-no account filed
June 1995HailGordonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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
Red Branch2.7 miles13
Cedar Mills2.9 miles12
Sandusky2.9 miles13
Locust4.3 miles12
Sherwood Shores4.5 miles12
Basin Springs4.8 miles12
Willow Spring5.9 miles12
Dixie6.1 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 GordonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5586064The 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.