Peoria, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76645. The Survey maps it on the Peoria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
247 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Peoria between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,359 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 1313 & SH 22 |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1311 COMMAND |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR1311 |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID WHITNEY |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 1311 |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 1250 |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2124 LOOP |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PR 12565 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peoria in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | $5,000 | A barn was partially unroofed by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Peoria | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported between Whitney and Hillsboro. Location was estimated based on time and radar. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Peoria | - | Penny size hail was reported 7 miles west of Hillsboro. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Peoria | - | Emergency manager reports HWY 22 closed due to water over the road. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Peoria | - | An amateur radio operator captured a brief tornado on camera at 5:03 PM CDT outside of Peoria. The tornado lasted only a few minutes, and produced minor damage to farmland. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Peoria | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Vaughan | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Winslow | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hillsboro | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Whitney | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Chatt | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Live Oak Resorts | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Woodland Hills | 7.9 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q104859593 | 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 1343839. 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.





