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Scurry, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Crandall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75158. The Survey maps it on the Scurry quadrangle.

Scurry within Kaufman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

66 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Scurry between 2005 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFAIR GROUNDS
4 September 2011Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTIAL AID
15 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR RIDGE
8 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTURKEY FARM
5 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM1390
29 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 34S
24 August 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAKER FIRE
22 August 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSONESH CIR.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kaufman County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scurry in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Flash FloodScurry$350,000Flooding was noted on County Road 4094 where the water was widespread and several feet deep. One person had to be rescued from their home. The flood waters did enter some structures in this area.
August 2022Flash FloodScurry$350,000Flooding was noted on County Road 4094 where the water was widespread and several feet deep. One person had to be rescued from their home. The flood waters did enter some structures in this area.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindScurry$100,000A ground survey and radar analysis determined straight-line winds of 70-75 mph caused a swath of tree, sign, and minor roof damage from near the Scurry area to US 175 north of Kemp.
April 2014HailScurry$4,000The Kaufman County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail in Grays Prairie.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindScurry$1,000Trees down and minor roof damage in Scurry.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindScurry$500Thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindScurry-Emergency management reported trees down on County Road 4079.
March 2010HailScurry-Quarter size hail was reported by the public in the town of Scurry.
March 2021HailScurry-no account filed
March 2000HailScurry-no account filed
May 1998HailScurry-no account filed
April 1995HailScurry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kaufman 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
Warsaw3.0 miles11
Warsaw Center3.1 miles11
Oak Grove3.4 miles10
Cottonwood3.5 miles9
Grays Prairie3.6 miles10
Rosser5.5 miles9
Jiba5.6 miles10
Kaufman6.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379045. 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.