North Prairie, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Chilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76632. The Survey maps it on the Chilton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Chilton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of North Prairie between 2008 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 540 RIVERVIEW RD |
| 17 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N/A |
| 5 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 101849 |
| 3 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 8.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEGRATE |
| 4 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JJ FLEWELLEN ROAD FIRE |
| 19 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 527 HONEY LN. |
| 17 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Prairie in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 5 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Hail | North Prairie | $5,000 | A public report indicated golf ball sized hail approximately 5 miles south of the city of Golinda, TX. |
| May 2010 | Hail | North Prairie | $1,000 | Waco broadcast media reported nickel to golfball sized hail covering the ground 6 miles north of Lott along Highway 77. |
| March 2018 | Hail | North Prairie | - | A public report indicated ping pong sized hail approximately 6 miles south southwest of the city of Golinda, TX. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | North Prairie | - | Falls County Sheriff's Department reported significant mud on the road that washed up from the fields along Hwy 77 near Hwy 429. |
| October 2010 | Hail | North Prairie | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Golinda. |
| April 2008 | Hail | North Prairie | - | Nickel-size hail was reported in Golinda. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | North Prairie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golinda | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Satin | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Guda | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mooreville | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Chilton | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dott | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Triangle | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Hill | 7.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380266. 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.




