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Judson, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Longview Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75605. It stands on Elm Branch. The Survey maps it on the White Oak quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.

Judson within Gregg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 13 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

324 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Judson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,399 acres in total. 12 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
Debris and open burning166
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use23
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Natural12
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6

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
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service115
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10-27971
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-0012545
30 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 208
3 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMPBELL ROAD
28 September 1994Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1994Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2751

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gregg County

Storms near this place

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Judson in 26 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008HailJudson1 hurtHail smashed through the windshield of a moving vehicle causing a non-life threatening injury to the driver.
June 2012LightningJudson$10,000Two or three oil tank batteries caught fire from an apparent lightning strike on Hwy. 259.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindJudson$10,000A large tree was downed on a home on Oak Isle Drive. There were no report of injuries.
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Judson$6,000An EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph, touched down along Brown Road just east of Highway 259, snapping and uprooting trees as it moved off to the northeast along Lloyd and Northridge Road. One tree landed on a shed on Lloyd Circle. The tornado continued northeast into Northwest Harrison County.
April 2026HailJudson-Hail ranging from dime to half dollar size reported in the Judson community near the intersection of U.S. Highway 259 and FM Road 1844.
April 2026HailJudson-Quarter size hail reported in Judson.
April 2026HailJudson-Hail ranging from half dollar to ping pong ball size reported just north of Judson.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJudson-Substantial damage to a pool house, with two large pine trees downed along Meadowchase Trail.
February 2020Flash FloodJudson-FM 1650 was closed at the intersection of Highway 259 just south of Diana due to flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodJudson-Bigwoods Road near Campbell Road was flooded and closed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJudson-Numerous trees were blown down across Gregg County.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindJudson-Damage occurred to a roof of a home on Bigwoods Road near Mackey Road.
December 2018FloodJudson-Pliler Precise Road along Roy Creek and Elm Branch Creek in north Longview was flooded and closed well after the heavier rains had ended.
March 2016Flash FloodJudson-Many homes flooded on Ralph Street in North Longview.
April 2012HailJudson-Large marble sized hail was reported in north Judson.
April 2012HailJudson-Public reported one inch hail at the intersection of Hwy. 259 and 449.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJudson-Powerlines were downed north northeast of Longview, Texas.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindJudson-Trees were downed on CR. 4449, 2 miles north of the loop.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindJudson-Trees were downed along Highway 259 north of Longview, Texas.
December 2001Tornado (F0)Judson-A weak tornado developed along a squall line and moved rapidly north northeast. Damage was confined to tree limbs and brush and occurred away from any buildings or structures.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJudson-Several trees down.
April 2017HailJudson-no account filed
April 2017HailJudson-no account filed
April 2000HailJudson-no account filed
April 2000HailJudson-no account filed
March 1999Thunderstorm WindJudson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gregg 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
Spring Hill2.9 miles13
Seven Pines3.5 miles13
Teneryville4.3 miles13
Longview5.7 miles13
Shiloh5.8 miles13
Greggton6.2 miles16
White Oak6.8 miles13
Warren City7.8 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 JudsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6304198The 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 1378505. 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.