Scroggins, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Winnsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75480. It stands on Bullard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newsome quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Newsome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
253 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Scroggins between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,098 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 16 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 | 157 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3522 |
| 9 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 232 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6227 |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 134 |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON 4460 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4360 / GAS PLANT |
| 6 September 2010 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 163 |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11 WEST |
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 Scroggins: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scroggins in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF2) | Scroggins | $100,000 | This is a continuation of the Wood County EF-2 tornado. This tornado crossed Highway 115 and County Road 4426 in the Scroggins community, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, a tree fell through a mobile home, and another tree had fallen on a home. The tornado continued northeast crossing County Road 4410 where a few trees were snapped or uprooted, and a metal outbuilding suffered minor damage. The tornado then moved across Farm to Market Road 1519 and along the west side of Lake Bob Sandlin where a few additional trees were snapped or uprooted, before lifting along the lake just off of County Road 4397. Throughout its path across extreme Southeast Franklin County, the maximum estimated winds had weakened to near 105 mph. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scroggins | $5,000 | Trees were blown onto a county road between Scroggins and Clearwater. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scroggins | - | Trees downed near Scroggins. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Scroggins | - | A photo was posted on the KLTV Facebook page of ping pong ball size hail that fell in the Scroggins community. |
| October 1995 | Hail | Scroggins | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Scroggins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| New Hope | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cypress | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Macon | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Purley | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Majors | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hopewell | 10.1 miles | 9 |
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 Scroggins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7439272 | 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 1379044. 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.




