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Kildare, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75562. The Survey maps it on the Kildare quadrangle. It stands 315 feet above sea level.

Kildare within Cass 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

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Kildare between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,584 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 28 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 burning110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism28
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2012Debris and open burning36 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6232
9 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 350
8 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6180
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 348
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 534
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 533
4 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 335
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kildare: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harris DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Jurnigan DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Prewitt DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kildare in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
September 1996LightningKildare$2,000no account filed
April 2025HailKildare-Quarter size hail reported in the Kildare community.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindKildare-Trees downed and debris covering roads in the Kildare community.
May 2021HailKildare-Dime to nickel size hail fell in the Kildare community.
April 2018HailKildare-Golfball size hail fell in the Kildare community.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Kildare-This is a continuation of the tornado that originally touched down in northern Marion County. The tornado remained on the ground along Highway 248 before lifting near the intersection of Highway 248 and County Road 1780. Damage consisted of numerous trees snapped and uprooted.
December 2015Tornado (EF1)Kildare-A NWS Storm Survey Team concluded that damage in southeast Cass County was consistent with that of a brief EF-1 tornado touchdown. This tornado touchdown was mainly across more rural areas of Cass County and uprooted and/or snapped several trees along its short track along FM. 125.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindKildare-Trees were downed on Hwy. 43 and Hwy. 125.
May 2008HailKildare-Hail fell near Kildare, Texas.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindKildare-Numerous trees and power lines down.
May 1994HailKildare-Some trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
January 2010HailKildare-no account filed
March 1999HailKildare-no account filed
May 1995HailKildare-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Evans0.3 miles11
Sheffield0.5 miles11
Kildare Junction4.0 miles14
Bivins5.9 miles12
Lanier6.7 miles11
Pruett6.8 miles11
Fairview6.9 miles11
Huffins7.1 miles14

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 KildareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6406709The 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 1374370. 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.