Peerless, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Hopkins-Sulphur Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Cooper South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cooper South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Peerless between 2001 and 2018, burning about 406 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2006 | Natural | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 621 |
| 22 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 4 |
| 10 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6127 |
| 10 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 286 SPUR 71 |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6163 |
| 18 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPKINS 13:17 |
| 18 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6152 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peerless in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peerless | $50,000 | A mobile home was destroyed by thunderstorm winds, and trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peerless | $5,000 | Emergency management reported a tree down and blocking the road just west of the community of Peerless along Highway 71. Additional trees were also knocked down in the area, usually isolated in nature, but did block some county roads. |
| January 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peerless | $5,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peerless | $2,000 | A homeowner near Cooper Lake reported huge trees broke off and uprooted on their property. The tops of trees were carried quite a ways, and shingles were blown off the roof. |
| February 2010 | Flood | Peerless | $2,000 | A motorist got her vehicle stuck in high water on CR 4754 and the vehicle had to be removed by a wrecker. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Peerless | - | Law enforcement reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of FM 71 and CR 4749, about 3 miles west of Peerless, TX. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Peerless | - | Water was over FM 71 in the Peerless area. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Peerless | - | FM 71 near the Delta/Hopkins County line and FM 69 near the Mahoney slab remained impassable due to heavy rainfall from the night before. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Peerless | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, a metal roof was blown off a building, a feed store was destroyed, and signs were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Peerless | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Peerless | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Peerless | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Peerless | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peerless | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peerless | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Peerless | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posey | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Deep Well Crossing (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Emblem | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| North Hopkins | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Harpers Crossing (historical) | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Good Neighbor | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Addran | 5.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380340. 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.




