Monkstown, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ravenna-Telephone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75488. The Survey maps it on the Monkstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Direct quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Direct quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Monkstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Monkstown between 1995 and 2020, burning about 801 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13018 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 37100 |
| 25 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVERBY RANCH |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11039 |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 38 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | CROSS N |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monkstown in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2001: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Hail | Monkstown | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monkstown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monkstown | - | Power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Monkstown | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563050 | 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 1382315. 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.







