Larissa, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mount Selman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75757. It lies near Wolf Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mount Selman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1946 USGS Bullard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Bullard quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Mount Selman quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
340 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of Larissa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,061 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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 | 193 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1/16 ACRE FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/FIRE FROM # 124 (132) |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7132 |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 119 |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7106 |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2224 CR 3406 |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-613 |
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 Larissa: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Selman | Iron | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larissa in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Larissa | - | Trees were blown down on County Road 3411. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Selman | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cove Springs | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pomona | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Reese | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Church Hill | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Cuney | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cherokee Landing | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lake View | 5.6 miles | 10 |
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 Larissa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6489470 | 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 1378562. 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.






