Keechi, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oakwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75831. The Survey maps it on the Keechi quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1964 USGS Keechi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Keechi between 1996 and 2020, burning about 470 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADOLPH RODELL |
| 20 September 2005 | Smoking | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 276 |
| 1 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MRS. TINA HOOKER |
| 25 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 430 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRUCTURE FIRE |
| 23 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 391 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Keechi: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Salt Dome | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Halite | Occurrence | 1928 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keechi in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keechi | $5,000 | Large tree limbs were knocked off trees with estimated 70 MPH winds associated with the rear flank downdraft of the thunderstorm. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Keechi | - | Penny sized hail was reported at Highway 79 and FM 832 between Buffalo and Oakwood. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Keechi | - | CR 542 was flooded near Keechi Creek and closed. Roads were also flooded and closed in the extreme southern part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Flo | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Oakwood | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sand Flats | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Timesville | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Corinth | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Paul | 10.3 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122567841 | 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 1380866. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




