Parker, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Grandview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76050. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1927 USGS Blum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,559 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1200 FIRE |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 164 |
| 20 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 161 |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 113 |
| 8 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 83 |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1413 E @ JC LINE |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOONE STREET |
| 3 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 164 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parker in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Parker | $60,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey crew found evidence of a tornado east of the city of Rio Vista. This tornado occurred mainly over open fields, causing several areas of tree damage. However, one well built home had a large portion of a roof missing. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parker | $30,000 | A house was destroyed by high winds. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Parker | $20,000 | Golfball sized hail fell in Parker, which is approximately 5 miles east of Rio Vista. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Parker | $9,000 | Amateur radio operator reported 2 inch hail 5 miles west southwest of Grandview. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Parker | - | Emergency manager sent images of measured 1.5 inch hail at HWY 171 and CR 304. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Parker | - | Emergency management reported nickel sized hail near the intersection of FM 1434 and FM 1224 A, approximately 4 miles south-southeast of the city of Bono, TX. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parker | - | Amateur radio reported a wind gust between 60 and 70 MPH on FM 916 between Grandview and Rio Vista. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parker | - | Winds between 70-75 mph were estimated along FM 916 between Grandview and Rio Vista. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Parker | - | A National Weather Service damage survey crew found evidence of an anticyclonic tornado east of Rio Vista. This tornado occurred as the previous (5.4 mile path) tornado moved in a nearly full circle to the west. This tornado first occurred northeast of the intersection of County Road 1200 and Farm to Market Road 916. This tornado produced very little damage, except for tree lined roads in Johnson County, as it moved from the northwest to south. The anticyclonic tornado was determined through archived radar data of the storm. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parker | - | Trained spotters measured 67 mph winds and reported power outages in Sand Flat which is approximately 8 miles southeast of Cleburne. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Parker | - | Half dollar sized hail fell approximately 6 miles southeast of Cleburne. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Parker | - | Penny size hail fell about 6 miles southeast of Cleburne. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Parker | - | 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.
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 Parker | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q96398430 | 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 1343593. 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.






