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Pomona, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Jacksonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75766. The Survey maps it on the Mount Selman quadrangle.

Pomona within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

469 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 469 fires within 5 miles of Pomona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,263 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 burning293
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use28
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking8
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 7127
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service435 FM 2064
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1/16 ACRE FIRE
6 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTRY CLUB
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7132
30 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNELSON
30 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 119

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pomona: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mount SelmanIronProducer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomona in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023HailPomona-Golf ball size hail reported just north of Jacksonville.
June 2023HailPomona-Hen egg size hail reported on County Road 4120 just northwest of Jacksonville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPomona-NWS survey confirmed straight-line wind damage produced by a supercell thunderstorm on the northwest side of Jacksonville. Winds were estimated between 70 to 90 mph in a swath of over 2000 yards wide and around 2.5 miles long. Most of the direct damage was to trees, although one heavily damaged metal building system garnered a peak wind gust estimated at 96 mph.
March 2020Flash FloodPomona-High water covered numerous streets in Jacksonville. Several roads were barricaded and closed due to flooding.
May 2017Flash FloodPomona-Flooding was reported at the intersection of Canada and Beaumont Street, the 3000 block of North Jackson Street, and the 1200 block of West Rusk Street in Jacksonville.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindPomona-Trees were downed on FM. 177 in the Mount Selman community.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindPomona-Numerous trees were downed across the northern part of the county. Some accidents were caused by trees in the roadways.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Church Hill2.7 miles10
Lake View2.8 miles10
Jacksonville3.4 miles10
Cove Springs3.5 miles14
Tecula3.8 miles15
Mittie3.9 miles12
Larissa3.9 miles14
Mount Selman3.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378894. 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.