BlockKingston, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Celeste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75401. It stands on Cowleech Creek. The Survey maps it on the Celeste quadrangle. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Celeste quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
156 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 2005 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR1076 FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDERSON FIRE |
| 4 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISHER |
| 3 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSS FIRE CR 1093 AND FM 1562 |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1091 GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1079 BRUSH FIRE |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSS TIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Lightning | Kingston | $100,000 | Lightning struck a home near County Road 1035, and the home was fully engulfed in flames by the time fire fighters arrived. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | $5,000 | Trees were blown down, and roof and sign damage occurred due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Kingston | - | Reported via mPing. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Kingston | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail in the town of Kingston, TX. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Kingston | - | A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately 3 miles north of Celeste, TX. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Kingston | - | Numerous roads flooded. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kingston | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | 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 Kingston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657900 | 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 1374385. 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.