BlockPrairie Grove, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Personville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76667. The Survey maps it on the Fallon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1920 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Grove between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,650 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | M/A GRASS FIRE LCR 443 |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9102 |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE FCR 890 |
| 28 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 101 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NICHOLS PRETTY TEETH FIRE |
| 28 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 144 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 453 |
| 25 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1143 LCR 454 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prairie Grove in 2 storm reports between 2025 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Prairie Grove | - | A photo showed quarter to half dollar size hail fell on LCR 433 around 7 miles south of Mexia. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairie Grove | - | The Limestone County Emergency manager relayed a spotter report of a tree blocking the road at LCR 420 east of Groesbeck. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallon | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| LaSalle | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shiloh | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Center | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Doyle | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lost Prairie | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Holden | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Point Enterprise | 6.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380903. 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.