King, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Purmela-Levita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. It lies near McCluskey Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Purmela quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of King between 2005 and 2020, burning about 370 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 529 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 528 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 65 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIERRA VISTA FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOKE RANCH FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6460 FM 1783 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names King in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | $350,000 | RFD winds were determined to be the cause of damage at a home on Longview Circle that lost part of its roof. The RFD winds could have been near 95 mph. |
| May 2023 | Hail | King | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | King | $2,000 | A social media photo showed CR 142 flooded and impassable near Pidcoke. |
| May 2008 | Hail | King | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | King | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | King | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | King | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slater | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Arnett | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pearl | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| South Purmela | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Pidcoke | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Purmela | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bee House | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Antelope Crossing | 9.4 miles | 15 |
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 King | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120972612 | 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 1380030. 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.








