Price, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Price-Turnertown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75654. It stands on Horton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1935 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Price quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Price between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,355 acres in total. 6 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 | 171 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 114 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 September 2013 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6308 |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7125 |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 492 |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4620 FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6291 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Price: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Ball Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliance Clay Products Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Price in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Price | $250,000 | National Weather Service Storm Survey Team determined that damage in Rusk County was consistent with that of a tornado. An EF2 tornado touched down approximately 9 miles west southwest of Henderson, Texas in Rusk County and traveled in a east northeast direction before lifting approximately 10 miles east northeast of Henderson, Texas. Numerous trees were snapped and or uprooted along its path. Several powerpoles were snapped as well. Several homes in and around Henderson suffered minor to moderate damage mostly from fallen trees. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $30,000 | A 8x14 storage building was destroyed and an 18 inch diameter tree was blown onto a house in the community of Price. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Price | - | Highway 42 near County Road 468 flooded and impassable due to high water. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | Multiple trees downed on FM Road 13 near the Price community. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Price | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Price | - | Quarter size hail fell in the Carlisle Price community. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | Trees were blown down on Highway 476. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Price | - | Flooding reported FM Road 13 near Price. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | Vehicle collided with a downed tree at the intersection of Highway 42 and County Road 468 with one minor injury reported. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | Trees were downed on Highway 42 near the intersection of County Road 468 in Southwest Rusk County. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 42. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | Trees were blown down and structural damage occurred at the Carlisle ISD in the community of Price. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | Trees were downed on FM 13 about 2 miles east of Price. |
| January 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | One tree was blown down. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Price | - | Farm to Market Road 13 from 2.4 miles west of Highway 42 to 3 miles east of Farm to Market Road 856 was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Price | - | Significant flash flooding was reported at the intersection of Hwy 42 and 13 west of Henderson, Texas. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Price | - | An EF0 tornado first touched down near the intersection of County Road 471 and 468 where a tree was snapped. The tornado continued southeast crossing CR. 468 where several trees were snapped on both sided of the road. Some of the trees fell across 468 and on the powerlines nearby. The tornado lifted as it crossed Hwy. 79, seven miles southwest of Henderson, Texas where 2 trees were snapped on the north side of Hwy. 79. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Price | - | Hail fell in the community of Price. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stringtown | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gum Springs | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Joinerville | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Turnertown | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Selman City | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hickey | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Big Springs | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Good Springs | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Price | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7242552 | 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 1344553. 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.





