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Parvin, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pilot Point-Aubrey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75078. The Survey maps it on the Celina quadrangle.

Parvin within Denton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

69 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Parvin between 2005 and 2017, burning about 793 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMILEY ROAD
22 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWELL RD.
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBREWER RD.
12 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARRIETTA
12 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 902
7 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15081310
7 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCKIN RILEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parvin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
James Fraze Co Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Denton County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parvin in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindParvin$50,000A trained spotter reported considerable wind damage along FM 1385 into the Sutton Fields subdivision in Prosper. Construction trailers and equipment were tipped over, large trees and street signs were blown down, and outbuildings were damaged.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindParvin$5,000Strong outflow winds around 60 mph were reported 2 miles west of Prosper. The strong winds were from a thunderstorm tracking across the northern portions of Denton County.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Parvin-Picture and video evidence confirmed a brief tornado west of Celina. Minor tree damage was found along County Road 9. Maximum estimated winds were 70 mph. The tornado started in Denton County but crossed into Collin County briefly before dissipating.
September 2025HailParvin-A public report indicated half-dollar sized hail 4 miles west of Celina.
April 2014HailParvin-Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail near Parvin.
March 2011HailParvin-Penny size hail fell on Farm-to-Market Road 428 between Aubrey and Celina.

Every storm recorded in Denton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Navo3.9 miles10
Spring Hill4.7 miles7
Mustang5.0 miles7
Providence5.0 miles10
Lincoln Park5.8 miles10
New Hope (historical)6.4 miles10
Krugerville6.7 miles7
Aubrey7.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380329. 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.