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LaRue, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the LaRue-Poynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75770. The Survey maps it on the LaRue quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.

LaRue within Henderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of LaRue between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,209 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJAMES RAY
21 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 114
21 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 270
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names LaRue in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
January 2010Tornado (EF2)Larue$30,000A NWS Storm Survey concluded a tornado touched down about 3 miles south of the town of Larue and tracked northeast for about a mile. A total of seven homes were damaged, and the exterior walls collapsed on some structures. The Larue Church of Christ suffered extensive damage. This tornado was rated an EF-2 with estimated maximum winds around 130 mph.
April 2026HailLarue$5,000Report of 1.75 inch hail from mPING.
April 2011HailLarue$4,000no account filed
February 2009HailLarue-Quarter size hail fell in Larue.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindLarue-A 60 MPH wind gust was estimated in Larue. Numerous trees in the same area were knocked down including large pine trees.
June 1999Flash FloodLarue-Thunderstorm rains caused water to cover the road on Highway 175, near Larue.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLarue-Strong winds blew down large tree limbs.
January 1998HailLarue-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henderson 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
New York3.5 miles15
Poynor5.0 miles15
Baxter5.3 miles15
Fincastle5.7 miles15
Pine Grove6.6 miles16
Moore Station7.3 miles15
Virginia Hill7.6 miles16
Leagueville7.9 miles15

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 LaRueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6460840The 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 1339642. 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.