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Pilot Grove, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75491. It stands on East Fork Pilot Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Grove quadrangle.

Pilot Grove within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

129 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Pilot Grove between 2005 and 2020, burning about 908 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use24
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGF
9 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service160 FIRE
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKATY ROAD FIRE
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGF
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACK ENGLAND FIRE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILD ROAD FIRE
4 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMA
30 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pilot Grove in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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
May 2006Tornado (F3)Pilot Grove1 killed, 4 hurt, $500,000A significant tornado which formed in northern Collin County continued into southeastern Grayson County. A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth found that the tornado remained strong F3 as it crossed into Grayson County. A fatality occurred on Black Road, just over the border into Grayson County, where permanent homes suffered heavy damage. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along Yellow Bridge Road, Durham Road, and Red Moore Road. The tornado damaged outbuildings, rolled over a mobile home, and caused at least minor damage to structures in the area. The tornado, which had briefly weakened to an F1, strengthened again and caused F2 damage as it approached Gordon Road southeast of the Pilot Grove community. At least two additional homes were heavily damaged. The tornado crossed FM 121 and damaged a shed along Bethel Canyon Road, just west of Highway 160. The tornado crossed Highway 160, weakened to an F0, and dissipated approximately three miles south of Whitewright just before 11 PM. In addition to the fatality, several people suffered injuries and were transported to the hospital.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPilot Grove$100,000Strong winds damaged the roofs of four homes.
June 2019HailPilot Grove-Amateur radio reported dime-size hail near the intersection of State Highway 160 and FM 121 in the far southeastern part of Grayson County.
April 2018HailPilot Grove-Amateur radio reported quarter-sized hail in the city of Bells, TX.
March 2013HailPilot Grove-Amateur radio operators reported nickel sized hail covering the ground near Pilot Grove.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPilot Grove-Large trees were blown down due to thunderstorm winds in Pilot Grove.
May 1998HailPilot Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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
Cannon3.1 miles7
Whitewright5.4 miles7
Kentucky Town5.8 miles7
Tom Bean6.5 miles7
White Mound7.1 miles12
Canaan8.1 miles7
Van Alstyne8.2 miles7
Whiterock8.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1365238. 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.