Linwood, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Alto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75925. The Survey maps it on the Douglass quadrangle. It stands 295 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Douglass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Douglass quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Linwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 784 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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 | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 536 |
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 25 September 1999 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linwood in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2021 | Hail | Linwood | - | Penny size hail fell in the Linwood community. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linwood | - | A large tree was down blocking Highway 21 about 5 miles east of Alto. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Linwood | - | Highway 21 was flooded near the Linwood community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central High | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Alto | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Redlawn | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Morrill | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Brunswick | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Atoy | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Circle | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cross Roads | 9.5 miles | 11 |
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 Linwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076524 | 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 1361248. 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.






