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Peaster, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76088. It stands on Peaster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weatherford North quadrangle. 100 people lived here at the last count. It stands 1,188 feet above sea level.

Peaster within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

155 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Peaster between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,077 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Debris and open burning43
Equipment and vehicle use26
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service9000 BLOCK MINERAL WELLS HIGHWAY
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 920 & ANGUS DRIVE
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1500 COLD SPRINGS RD
16 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUSSELL BEND
12 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7001 FM 920
9 August 2008Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD GARNER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peaster in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 11 hail, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPeaster$50,000A home was severely damaged, and a travel trailer was blown over by high winds.
March 2023HailPeaster$25,000no account filed
May 2012HailPeaster$5,000no account filed
April 2018HailPeaster-Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail on FM 51 approximately 5 miles north of the city of Weatherford, TX.
April 2018HailPeaster-Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail in the city of Peaster, TX.
March 2016HailPeaster-Amateur radio reported one-inch diameter hail approximately 6 miles north of Weatherford, TX.
March 2016HailPeaster-Amateur radio reported one-inch diameter hail approximately 6 miles north of Weatherford, TX.
March 2016HailPeaster-Quarter sized hail was reported 4 miles north of Weatherford.
April 2015HailPeaster-Hail up to the size of quarters was reported in Peaster.
September 2003Flash FloodPeaster-Flash flooding occurred at Highway 920 and Dry Creek.
October 2002Flash FloodPeaster-Several roads off FM 920 near Peaster covered with two feet of water.
May 1997Flash FloodPeaster-Low-lying areas were flooded on Farm-to-Market Road 920.
April 2003HailPeaster-no account filed
March 2000HailPeaster-no account filed
April 1996HailPeaster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parker 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
Adell3.1 miles18
Lemley3.8 miles18
Authon4.1 miles18
Advance5.8 miles18
Garner6.8 miles18
Carter7.1 miles18
Poolville7.1 miles17
Fox7.2 miles18

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 PeasterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3053758The 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 1378845. 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.