BlockGray, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75657. The Survey maps it on the Trees quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Trees quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Gray between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,775 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.6 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCOTT HARDY |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 244 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gray in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | $75,000 | National Weather Service Storm Survey Team determined that damage across eastern Marion County was a result of straight line wind damage near 90 mph. This is a continuation of the storm that produced damage earlier across Karnack and Uncertain, Texas. The storm crossed Caddo Lake and again produced numerous trees and powerlines downed east of Smithland Texas. Some structures also had trees on them. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Gray | - | A video was posted to the KSLA-TV Facebook page of half-dollar size hail that fell in the Gray community east of Smithland. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Gray | - | Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| February 1996 | Hail | Gray | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Gray | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Gray | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378378. 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.