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Rocky Branch, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Naples census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75638. The Survey maps it on the Daingerfield quadrangle.

Rocky Branch within Morris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

196 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Branch between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,699 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 24 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 burning115
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3204 WOODSON
7 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1998Natural15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR4205
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morris County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocky Branch in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindRocky Branch-Numerous trees downed in and around the Rocky Branch community with vehicles stalled on roadways because of all the downed trees blocking lanes.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindRocky Branch-Several trees were downed on County Road 4201 in the Rocky Branch community.
October 2010HailRocky Branch-Hail was reported just south of Rocky Branch, Texas.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Rocky Branch-An EF0 tornado touched down on County Road 4105 where a large oak tree was damaged and other small to mid sized limbs were broken out of nearby trees. This tornado continued into Cass County. Winds were estimated to be 60 to 65 mph.
May 2009Flash FloodRocky Branch-Several county roads were reported to be under water and closed throughout the county.

Every storm recorded in Morris 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
Omaha5.4 miles11
Daingerfield5.6 miles11
Mount Mitchell5.7 miles9
Naples6.4 miles11
Gillis6.8 miles9
Cason8.0 miles9
Laman9.0 miles12
Jenkins9.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378975. 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.