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Murray, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Graham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76450. The Survey maps it on the Murray quadrangle.

Murray within Young County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

47 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Murray between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,256 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
25 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2019075
7 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2020Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2020155
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEER CAMP
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAMILTON ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Young County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murray in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016HailMurray$100,000A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail approximately one mile west of Murray, TX.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMurray$30,000Young County Volunteer Fire Departments reported a roof was torn off of a house in Murray.
April 2014HailMurray$10,000Tennis ball sized hail was reported by a member of the broadcast media 3 miles north-northeast of Murray, TX.
June 2011HailMurray$6,000Golfball sized hail fell along FM 578 between Newcastle and Murray.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindMurray$2,000Fire and rescue reported a wind gust of 60 MPH about a mile west of Murray, TX.
April 2012HailMurray$1,000Golf ball sized hail was reported east of Woodson near the Throckmorton/Young county line.
May 2025HailMurray-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
May 1993HailMurray-A brief tornado touchdown uprooted a few trees in open country.,
April 2004HailMurray-no account filed
May 1998HailMurray-no account filed
April 1996HailMurray-no account filed
June 1995HailMurray-no account filed
February 1994Thunderstorm WindMurray-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Young 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
Proffitt9.4 miles8
Eliasville9.6 miles13
Belknap (historical)10.4 miles10
Proffitt Crossing12.1 miles8
South Bend12.5 miles11
Newcastle12.6 miles10
Old Caseyville Crossing15.2 miles11
Bunger16.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378722. 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.