Pursley, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76679. The Survey maps it on the Purdon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Purdon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Pursley between 2005 and 2019, burning about 342 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1212853 |
| 20 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW 3150 GRASS FIRE |
| 19 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 1126 |
| 15 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRING RANGE |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PIPLINE55 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pursley in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pursley | $2,000 | Tree damage was reported scattered across the southern portions of the county. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pursley | - | Tree damage in the Pursely area was estimated at 50-60 MPH. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pursley | - | The sheriff's department reported trees down along Highway 2090 near Pursley. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pursley | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Pursley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdon | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Union High | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Richland | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Corbet | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Eldorado Center | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Silver City | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Currie | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pickett | 7.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378920. 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.



