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Red Branch, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76245. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.

Red Branch within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

108 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Red Branch between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,368 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking16
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
7 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTONIE HUFF
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCK CREEK
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHOUSAND TRAILS
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAWPAW CREEK
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIDO & SUSAN MARQUES
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOUBLE DIAMOND RESORT
16 September 2011Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAW PAW CREEK
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Branch in 9 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 5 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2015FloodRed Branch$50,000Flooding was occurring across the county including the closures of numerous roads and in areas near creeks and streams. Road closures were reported in Tioga, Collinsville, Whitesboro, and Denison and also in Precincts 3 & 4. A few roads remained covered in water on the 28th and 29th.
March 2016HailRed Branch$5,000Golf ball sized hail was reported 3 miles northwest of Gordonville.
April 2015Flash FloodRed Branch$2,000Several roads in Grayson County were closed due to ongoing flooding. The water was over a foot deep in some locations.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindRed Branch$1,000A public report indicated tree damage at a home near Dexter. Many tree limbs were down or snapped, and a large limb fell on top of the house.
June 2016FloodRed Branch-Grayson County Sheriff's Department reported that numerous county roads were closed due to flooding.
May 2015FloodRed Branch-Some roads across the county remained closed due to flooding.
May 2015FloodRed Branch-Significant flooding of roads, interstates, highways, creeks, streams, and low-lying areas continued for over 12 hours after the heavy rain had ended.
May 2015FloodRed Branch-Several roads remained flooded across the county after earlier heavy rains.
May 2015Flash FloodRed Branch-Many roads in the county were being affected by high water and flooding.

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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
Gordonville2.7 miles12
Sandusky3.2 miles13
Hishway4.0 miles13
Cedar Mills4.3 miles12
Sherwood Shores5.1 miles12
Dixie6.6 miles12
Locust6.7 miles12
Basin Springs6.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380420. 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.