Pert, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Frankston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75763. The Survey maps it on the Pert quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Pert quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Pert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,116 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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 | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 528 |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 529 |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 210 |
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 128 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 216 |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 441 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pert: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Creek Salt Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General | Occurrence | Anhydrite, Calcite, Celestite, Halite | |
| Concord Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1942 |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pert in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2011: 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pert | $5,000 | Part of the roof of a manufactured home in Pert was removed. Another part of the roof was partially lifted off the home. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Pert | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Pert | - | no account filed |
| February 1993 | Hail | Pert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd City | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mound Prairie | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brushy Creek | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Elmwood | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Elmtown | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Neches | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Flint Hill | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fosterville | 7.1 miles | 15 |
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 Pert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851470 | 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 1380343. 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.






