BlockJames, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75935. The Survey maps it on the Shelbyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Center quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of James between 1992 and 2018, burning about 547 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 585 |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 646 |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 440 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names James in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | James | $25,000 | This brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph began along County Road 3156, where a few trees were downed, and then it traveled southeast to cross Highway 7 where it intersected with County Road 3153. Most of the damage here was also to trees with a consolidated area of snapped softwood trees giving the tornado its estimated maximum windspeed rating. The tornado then continued to the southeast and was judged to have ended just after crossing County Road 3215. One outbuilding was destroyed at this location, but otherwise the survey team could verify only minor damage done to a few buildings here and earlier when the tornado crossed Highway 7. Localized snapping of tree trunks was also quite evident around a pond just to the west of County Road 3215. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | James | - | A tree was blown down several miles northeast of Center. |
| April 2023 | Hail | James | - | Hail slightly smaller than golfballs fell in the James community. |
| April 2023 | Hail | James | - | Half dollar size hail fell near the Campti community in Shelby County. |
| April 2019 | Hail | James | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground east northeast of Center. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | James | - | Flooding reported across numerous county roads in Shelby County, Texas. |
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 1379996. 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.