BlockOld Union, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thornton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76687. It lies near Grassy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Box Church quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Box Church quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Old Union between 2005 and 2020, burning about 644 acres in total. None 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUGHES PROPERTY |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LCR 744 |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUEN |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 937 LIMESTONE CO |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8082 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Union in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Union | $25,000 | Emergency management reported 2 houses with major roof damage and power lines down on County Road 822. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Union | $2,000 | Emergency management reported multiple downed trees and power outages. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Old Union | - | A brief tornado was verified through storm spotters and via public video. Some tree limbs were broken. The exact location is unknown but is close to the plotted track. This tornado was the fourth of 4 brief tornadoes a parent supercell produced as it moved across Falls and Limestone counties. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Union | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 60 MPH near the intersection of LCR 752 and LCR 755 near Lake Limestone. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Union | - | Emergency Manager reported wind damage just southeast of Groesbeck. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oletha | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Box Church | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Davis Prairie | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Lost Prairie | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Seale | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Center | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| New Hope | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Red Hill | 7.5 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380304. 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.