Parker, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Old River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77836. The Survey maps it on the Tunis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Tunis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 1998 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 1 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNOOKMUTUALAID |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6151 CR 296 |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOBBS GRASS FIRECYD 216 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3122 |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0004999 SILVER HILL GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 42 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN BAN VIOLATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parker: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parker in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parker | - | Three trees were downed near the intersection of Highway 21 and the Brazos River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunis | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cooks Point | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Goodwill | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rita | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Snook | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Chances Store | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hix | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Caldwell | 10.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380324. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



