Perry, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76682. The Survey maps it on the Riesel quadrangle. It stands 473 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Riesel quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Perry between 2005 and 2018, burning about 339 acres in total. 3 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNSET ROAD FIRE |
| 5 July 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIONS PARK |
| 11 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 123 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed outbuildings. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Perry | - | Quarter size hail fell 1 mile south of Riesel on Highway 6. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Perry | - | A storm chaser caught a brief tornado approximately two miles south of Riesel. The tornado was on the ground as it crossed HWY 6, but otherwise the tornado remained over open land and did not cause any damage. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Perry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Hill | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Otto | 6.0 miles | 6 | |
| McClanahan | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Guda | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Marlin | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Satin | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Golinda | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Triangle | 10.2 miles | 8 |
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 Perry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7169701 | 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 1365073. 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.



