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Reese, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Jacksonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75766. The Survey maps it on the Berryville quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level.

Reese within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Reese between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,263 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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 burning181
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking12
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE CR3501 (130)
7 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/FIRE FROM # 124 (132)
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 475
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANDERSON COUNTY FIRE
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7132
30 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 119
30 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reese: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Halite, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boggy Creek Salt DomeGypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, HaliteOccurrence1925
Mount HavenIronProducer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reese in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 3 hail, 2 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
May 2016HailReese-Half dollar size hail fell along Highway 175 in the Reese community.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindReese-Numerous trees and powerlines were downed across all of Cherokee County, Texas.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindReese-A few trees were downed on FM. 747 north about 6 miles from Hwy. 79.
March 2000HailReese-no account filed
May 1997HailReese-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Cuney1.5 miles15
Cove Springs2.6 miles14
Corine3.0 miles10
Cherokee Landing3.3 miles15
Larissa4.2 miles14
Church Hill4.4 miles10
Mountain Heaven5.4 miles10
Lake View5.7 miles10

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 ReeseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7306994The 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 1378947. 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.