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Sandusky, 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 76273. It stands on Red Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.

Sandusky 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

93 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Sandusky between 1998 and 2020, burning about 7,416 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
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIDO & SUSAN MARQUES
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOUBLE DIAMOND RESORT
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCK CREEK
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresHagerman National Wildlife RefugeBRUSHY CREEK
12 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandusky in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindSandusky$10,000Spotter reports indicated an estimated 70 MPH wind gust, as well as a car blown off the road near the intersection of Sandusky Road and Highway 377.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSandusky$7,000The Sheriff's Office relayed wind damage to a home near the Cooke/Grayson county line.
May 2024HailSandusky-Trained spotter reported nickel size hail just southeast of Sandusky.
March 2013HailSandusky-Amateur radio operators reported half dollar sized hail in Sandusky, along US 377.

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
Gordonville2.9 miles12
Red Branch3.2 miles13
Dixie3.5 miles12
Theodore3.6 miles12
Basin Springs4.0 miles12
Cedar Mills5.8 miles12
Sadler6.2 miles12
Locust6.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380495. 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.