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Karnack, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waskom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75661. The Survey maps it on the Karnack quadrangle. It stands 240 feet above sea level.

Karnack within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

124 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Karnack between 1993 and 2020, burning about 691 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 10 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/WOODS
7 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 564
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 375
4 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 532
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 152
3 September 1995Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Karnack in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKarnack$50,000A home in Karnack, Texas suffered significant structural damage to it's roof.
January 2020Tornado (EF0)Karnack$15,000An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph touched down off of County Road 2108 and snapped small and large branches along its path. The tornado crossed Highway 43 where it tore off a wooden front porch and gutters off of a home. It then crossed County Road 2600 before lifting near Farm to Market Road 134 before entering the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindKarnack$5,000Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds along Highway 43.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindKarnack$5,000,,, , ,, Trees were blown down near the entrance to Caddo State Park.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Power lines downed in Karnack.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Trees were blown down in Karnack. A Texas State Trooper's vehicle was damaged by a falling tree.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Trees and power lines were downed in Karnack.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Trees were downed in Karnack.
May 2015Flash FloodKarnack-Highway 43 out of Karnack, Texas was impassible south and west towards Marshall, Texas. Several other roads out of Karnack were flooded and closed as well.
May 2014HailKarnack-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported on the southwest side of Karnack along Hwy. 43.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Trees were downed in Karnack, Texas.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Numerous trees and powerlines were downed in Karnack, Texas.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Trees were downed on FM 134 near Karnack, Texas.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindKarnack-A tree was downed on Swansons Landing Road in Karnack, Texas.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Several trees were downed near the town of Karnack, Texas.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Numerous trees and power lines down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Large pine trees snapped and felled on Pine Island Road in Karnack.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Large pine trees snapped and felled blocking roads in Woodpecker Hollow within Caddo Lake State Park.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindKarnack-Numerous trees toppled along Hwy 43.
October 1994HailKarnack-Power lines were blown down.
March 1999HailKarnack-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindKarnack-no account filed
October 1997HailKarnack-no account filed
February 1996HailKarnack-no account filed
April 1993HailKarnack-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Uncertain4.0 miles15
Baldwin4.3 miles14
South Shore4.6 miles15
Leigh4.8 miles14
Swansons Landing6.1 miles15
Lotta7.1 miles15
Pope City7.3 miles13
Latex8.0 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 KarnackAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476511The 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 1338953. 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.