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Luella, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75090. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Howe quadrangle.

Luella within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

132 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Luella between 2006 and 2020, burning about 497 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-201
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-197
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1628 LAKE
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEDIAN
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2750 OLD IDA RD
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1014 FRANKLIN RD
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Luella: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luella in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
September 2025HailLuella$100,000A trained spotter measured tennis ball sized hail in Luella.
May 2024HailLuella$50,000Emergency management report of golf ball to tennis ball sized hail in Luella.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindLuella$10,000A radio tower and fences were blown down. A carport was also blown over.
March 2025HailLuella-Emergency manager reported ping pong ball sized hail southeast of Sherman.
April 2025Flash FloodLuella-Emergency management reported that Luella Road at the Choctaw Creek bridge, about midway between Luella and Sherman, was flooded by one foot of water.
September 2025HailLuella-Reported via mPing.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLuella-Emergency management reported several large trees downed on Cedar Rd near Snap Rd in Luella.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLuella-Emergency management reported several large trees downed on Watkins Road NW of Luella.
April 2022Flash FloodLuella-State Highway 11 at Choctaw Creek, to the southeast of Sherman, was impassible due to high water over the roadways.
May 2021HailLuella-Emergency management reported half-dollar sized hail in Luella, TX.
May 2021FloodLuella-Luella Rd and Davenport Rd in Sherman was closed at Choctaw Creek due to flooding.
March 2019HailLuella-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail approximately one mile northwest of the city of Luella, TX.
March 2019HailLuella-Just over 1 hail was reported in Luella, TX.
April 2018HailLuella-Amateur radio reported nickel-sized hail approximately 5 miles south of the city of Sherman, TX.
July 1995HailLuella-Trees were blown down by high winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLuella-Trees were blown down by high winds.
April 2014HailLuella-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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
Tribune2.9 miles12
Ida3.3 miles7
Hilton3.7 miles12
White Mound4.2 miles12
Whiterock4.3 miles7
Tom Bean4.9 miles7
Howe5.3 miles12
Sherman5.5 miles12

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 LuellaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6699567The 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 1380115. 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.