Pancake, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Turnersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. The Survey maps it on the Ater quadrangle. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1888 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
114 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Pancake between 2005 and 2020, burning about 766 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOBBY BUSTERS |
| 17 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 546 |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOK MORRIS |
| 7 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8072016 |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVENPORT |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAYHEW WATSON |
| 6 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pancake in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Pancake | - | Coryell County dispatch reported that the road was impassable due to flooding in the 6000 block of FM 217 near Turnersville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnersville | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jonesboro | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hurst Springs | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ames | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ater | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Levita | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Ireland | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Coryell | 10.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pancake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19987448 | 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 1380322. 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.






