Ridgeway, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cumby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Cumby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cumby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeway between 2001 and 2019, burning about 395 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKER |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 313 CR 4741 |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REIBER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeway in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | $6,000 | A resident sent in a picture of a very large tree branch that broke off in high thunderstorm winds, causing scattered damage around the property including a metal fence and the roof of the home. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Ridgeway | - | Hopkins County Sheriff's Department reported that FM 2653 N just north of Interstate 30 was closed due to high water. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeway | - | A social media report indicated large trees blown down on FM 2653 near Ridgeway, TX. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Ridgeway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overland | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Branom | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Gafford | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Emblem | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Brashear | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cumby | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Good Neighbor | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 6.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345205. 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.




