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Senate, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bryson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76458. The Survey maps it on the Senate quadrangle.

Senate within Jack County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

74 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Senate between 2005 and 2018, burning about 9,371 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning18
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2013Fireworks92 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceARMSTRONG ROAD FIRE
13 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEWIS FIRE
7 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARNEY FIRE
5 August 2018Debris and open burning140 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHOMAS
4 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jack County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Senate in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodSenate$50,000The Jack County sheriffs office reported that several roads were closed due to high water in and around Jacksboro. The road closures began just after 5 AM CDT, and lasted until approximately 7:30 AM.
April 2012HailSenate$30,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Senate, which is approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Jacksboro on Highway 380.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSenate$25,000Emergency Manager reported that panels and the entire truss structure of a metal outbuilding roof were blown off.
October 2014HailSenate$25,000The Jack County sheriff's office relayed a report of hail damage. Several vehicles had broken windshields between Bryson and Jacksboro.
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Senate$20,000A tornado was observed on the ground for 4-5 minutes. Roofs and outbuildings were damaged.
November 2024Flash FloodSenate$15,000A home was reported as flooded in the 2000 block of Dark Corner Road. This location is south of US Hwy 380, about half way between Bryson and Jacksboro.
April 2025HailSenate$7,000Broadcast media reported golf ball hail southwest of Jacksboro.
April 2025HailSenate-A member of the public reported nickel hail fell 7 miles northeast of Bryson.
March 2020Tornado (EF0)Senate-A tornado began in southwestern Jack County approximately 1 mile south of US-380 just east of Marley Road. The tornado briefly touched down and moved from southwest to northeast, and its damage was confined to trees in the area. Several tree trunks were snapped halfway up the trunk or uprooted in-tact. Many of the surrounding trees also had small to large branches broken. The tornado then lifted before reaching Dark Corner Road. Maximum winds with this tornado were estimated at 100 mph.
June 2023HailSenate-no account filed
June 2023HailSenate-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jack 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
Bob Town2.4 miles8
Bryson4.9 miles8
Jacksboro7.8 miles9
Jermyn8.0 miles8
Bartons Chapel8.2 miles8
Lynn Creek13.0 miles8
Maryetta14.4 miles7
Perrin15.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379052. 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.