Mahoney, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. It stands on Black Jack Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dike 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 Dike quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Mahoney between 2000 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6215 |
| 31 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6143 |
| 22 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 83 COLLINS FIRE |
| 19 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 69 |
| 17 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 70 |
| 31 December 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 16 |
| 26 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 602 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mahoney in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahoney | $4,000 | Trees were knocked down on CRs 3511 and 3504. A barn in the area was also destroyed. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahoney | - | The Hopkins County Sheriff reported a large tree down near the intersection of FM 3236 and CR 4508, just north of Sulphur Springs. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Mahoney | - | Half dollar to ping pong ball sized hail was reported on FM 1537 northeast of Sulphur Springs. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Mahoney | - | Sulphur Springs Police Department reported quarter size hail near the intersection of FM 1537 and FM 69. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Mahoney | - | A public report indicated half-dollar size hail approximately 8 miles east-northeast of the city of Sulphur Springs, TX. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Mahoney | - | Hopkins County Sheriff's Department reported that FM 1537 near Hwy 69 was closed due to high water; approximately 7 miles northeast of the city of Sulphur Springs, TX. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Mahoney | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dike | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| White Oak Junction | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Brinker | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| East Caney | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Weaver | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hatchetville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Flora | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Shirley | 6.0 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557737 | 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 1378635. 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.




