BlockMacon, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75455. The Survey maps it on the New Hope quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS New Hope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Macon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 935 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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 | 154 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-804 |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6300 |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GUTHRIE |
| 28 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 243 |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 Macon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macon in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macon | $250,000 | Numerous trees downed on homes near Lake Cypress Springs with several roofs damaged. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Macon | - | Penny size hail fell in the Lake Cypress Springs and Lake Bob Sandlin areas. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Macon | - | Quarter size hail fell near Lake Cypress Springs in Southern Franklin County. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Macon | - | Penny size hail fell at Lake Cypress Springs. |
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.
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 Macon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q112967965 | 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 1378632. 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.