Greenwood, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76234. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1961 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 701 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD GREENWOOD 8-3-2011 |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 August 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100PR235708122020 |
| 5 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | GL UNIT 63 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $500,000 | A downburst wind between Greenwood and Slidell destroyed two mobile homes and damaged three. Three outbuildings were damaged, and a cattle trailer was overturned. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Greenwood | $80,000 | The Wise County Sheriff's office reported numerous road closures across the county due to quickly rising water. Several homes were evacuated between Decatur and Chico, and numerous high water rescues were performed by public safety officials. Fast moving water was also reported on Highway 380 to the west of Bridgeport. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Greenwood | $50,000 | A trained spotter reported golfball sized hail 3 miles west of Slidell, TX. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | A storm chaser reported a tree down on FM 730 along with nickel sized hail near Greenwood. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Greenwood | - | A storm chaser reported nickel sized hail along FM 730 near Greenwood. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Greenwood | - | A trained spotter reported 8 inches of water over Highway 455 approximately 15 miles east-northeast of the city of Alvord, TX. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Ping Pong size hail fell west of Greenwood. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Greenwood | - | 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.
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 Greenwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5604971 | 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 1381945. 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.




