Lone Star, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Summerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75766. The Survey maps it on the New Summerfield quadrangle. It stands 509 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.
- 1943 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS New Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
282 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Lone Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,221 acres in total. 13 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 | 178 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 110 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 486 |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 856 AND CR 4716 |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2274 N |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 204 @ 110 |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 110 @ 204 |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Star in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Lone Star | - | Hen egg size hail reported just west of Lake Striker. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | - | Trees were downed and a roof to a home was damaged near FM 2274 and FM 235. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Lone Star | - | It was determined that storm damage east of New Summerfield, Texas was consistent with that of an EF-1 tornado. The most extensive damage was located west of County Road 2274 between County Road 235 and County Road 4504. The damage consisted of several trees snapped and/or uprooted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hill | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Hill | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| New Summerfield | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Emmaus | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ponta | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Stryker Creek Junction | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Griffin | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Elm Grove | 6.6 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 Lone Star | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24260736 | 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 1378602. 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.






