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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
233 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6232 |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 350 |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6180 |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 348 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 534 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 533 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 335 |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Jurnigan Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Prewitt Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Lightning | Kildare | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kildare | - | Quarter size hail reported in the Kildare community. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Trees downed and debris covering roads in the Kildare community. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Kildare | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell in the Kildare community. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Kildare | - | Golfball size hail fell in the Kildare community. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (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 2015 | Tornado (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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Trees were downed on Hwy. 43 and Hwy. 125. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kildare | - | Hail fell near Kildare, Texas. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Kildare | - | Some trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Kildare | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Kildare | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Kildare | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Kildare | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6406709 | 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 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.





