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Reagan, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Reagan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76680. The Survey maps it on the Reagan quadrangle. It stands 378 feet above sea level.

Reagan within Falls 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

29 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Reagan between 2009 and 2018, burning about 278 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
31 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRETURN TO RAILROAD FIRES
28 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRICHARDSON STUP FIRE
6 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceREKINDLE OF HASH FIRE
20 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBONDS RANCH
2 July 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 211 FIRE
16 July 2012Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCHNIEDER UNTATTENDED FIRE
5 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service257 FIRE
8 May 2013Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOHN REAGAN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Falls County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reagan in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2008Flash FloodReagan$50,000At least three county bridges and several culverts were washed out along CR 257, CR 325, CR 343, and CR 268. County Road 269 lost huge chunks of its rock and road base, and floodwaters in Polecat Creek washed away a two-lane bridge farther downstream. A foot of water was over the intersection of Highways 6 and 46. Areas along Highway 114, Highway 14, and FM 413 towards Kosse were also flooded. FM 2413 was closed from FM 413 to the Robertson County line. One tree fell over after six to eight inches of rain fell. Caywood Center Park were flooded with water reaching the tops of picnic tables.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindReagan$7,000Multiple trees and large branches were down near CR 1373 near State Highway 6. The winds were estimated at 70 mph. Time estimated by radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindReagan$5,000Falls County Sheriff's Department reported trees and power lines down approximately one mile south of the city of Reagan, TX.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindReagan$5,000Newspaper article reported roof damage to residential structure approximated 4.6 miles SE in Reagan, TX.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindReagan$5,000Strong winds destroyed a barn and an outbuilding.
March 2002Tornado (F0)Reagan$1,000Damage was mostly to trees and a shed.
March 2011HailReagan-Quarter size hail covered the ground at the intersection of Highway 6 and Farm-to-Market Road 1373 south of Reagan.
May 2008HailReagan-Quarter-size hail was reported in the Reagan community.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindReagan-Strong winds blew down large tree limbs.
March 2002HailReagan-no account filed
May 2000HailReagan-no account filed
January 1998HailReagan-no account filed
April 1997HailReagan-no account filed
April 1996HailReagan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Falls 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
Beacon2.9 miles7
Coymack4.1 miles7
Highbank4.3 miles7
Blue Ridge4.6 miles6
Long Branch5.4 miles6
Sunrise6.1 miles7
Eloise6.7 miles7
Alto Springs7.6 miles6

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 ReaganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7300735The 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 1366081. 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.