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Gould, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the New Summerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75789. It stands on Piney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tecula quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Gould within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Gould between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,479 acres in total. 4 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 burning165
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use17
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15464 HWY 135
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROUP CR 4913
8 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROUP VFD
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHEROKEE 16:54
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR4917
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service435 FM 2064
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use72 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 525
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4221 GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gould in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
November 2018Flash FloodGould-FM 2750 was flooded and closed between FM 2064 and County Road 4224 just west of the Blackjack community.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGould-Considerable damage was done to numerous trees, barns, fences, and outbuildings near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2064 and County Road 4905.
May 2017HailGould-Half dollar size hail fell near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2064 and County Road 4905.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGould-Numerous trees were snapped. Large branches were blown down as well about 6 miles south southwest of Troup in Northern Cherokee County.
May 2017HailGould-Half Dollar size hail fell about 6 miles south southwest of Troup in Northern Cherokee County.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGould-An NWS Storm Survey team determined that damage northwest of New Summerfield, Texas was consistent with that of straight line wind gusts near 80 mph. Damage consisted of uprooted and/or snapped trees. These winds traveled southwest jut north of Hwy. 79 and the concentrated damage ended 3 miles northeast of Jacksonville, Texas.
June 2010Flash FloodGould-County Road 4807 was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Blackjack2.5 miles15
Brushy2.6 miles15
Mixon3.9 miles15
Tecula4.0 miles15
Griffin4.2 miles15
Concord5.6 miles15
New Summerfield6.0 miles11
Emmaus6.1 miles15

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 GouldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076495The 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 1378372. 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.