Sacul, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cushing-Douglass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75788. The Survey maps it on the Reklaw quadrangle. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Reklaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Sacul between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,155 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 494 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1218 FIRE |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 214 |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 026-10 |
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 568 |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7118 |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAIN STREET |
| 9 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HERMAN NICOL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sacul: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing Mtn Mine and Mill | Iron | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sacul in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF3) | Sacul | $250,000 | This is a continuation of the Cherokee County EF-3 tornado that tore through the Alto community. This tornado continued to track northeast across extreme Northwest Nacogdoches County, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along County Road 898 and FM 1648 as it approached the Sacul community. The tornado moved through the southeast sections of Sacul, where additional trees were snapped and uprooted, headstones were shifted off their foundations in a cemetery, a metal flag pole was bent at a 45 degree angle, and a tree fell on a home on Highway 204. The tornado continued northeast crossing County Road 988 and just east of County Road 991 near the Rusk County line, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, and a large section of a metal roof was torn off of a home, before crossing over into Southern Rusk County. The damage to the home here was the strongest in Northwest Nacogdoches County, with maximum estimated winds near 120 mph. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Sacul | $250,000 | Numerous county roads were underwater throughout the county. Several homes were flooded throughout the county as well, mostly in rural portions of the county. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Sacul | - | Multiple roads remain flooded and closed across the south side of Nacogdoches due to significant flooding along Bayou La Nana. Multiple other roads were also flooded and closed throughout much of Nacogdoches County. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Sacul | - | County Road 879 and AJ Nichols Road was impassible due to high water. County Road 979 just past County Road 486 was covered in swift moving water. Highway 204 near the power plant was partially covered in high water. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Sacul | - | This is a continuation of the Cherokee County tornado. This tornado had weakened to an EF1 as it crossed over into extreme Northwest Nacogdoches County just west of the Sacul community, with estimated maximum winds around 95 mph. The tornado crossed Highway 204, snapping and uprooting several trees, before lifting in a wooded area west of County Road 991 just northwest of the Sacul community. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacul | - | Trees were blown down on FM 1648. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Sacul | - | Numerous county roads were flooded and closed near the smaller creeks and streams in Nacogdoches County well after the heavier rains had ended, including County Roads 210, 228, 230, 234, 271, 274, 280, 302, 411, 421, 526, 620, 628, 765, 780, 836, 850, 868, and 879. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Sacul | - | Numerous county roads were flooded and closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dextra | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cushing | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Looneyville | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lilbert | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Flat | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| County Line | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Happy Valley | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Nat | 9.1 miles | 11 |
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 Sacul | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7397406 | The 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 1375879. 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.







