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Shannon, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bellevue-Joy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76365. The Survey maps it on the Antelope quadrangle.

Shannon within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

57 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Shannon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,218 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism2
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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 148 AND FM 174 GRASS FIRE
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2005Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2005Natural6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2017Natural15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLODGE CREEK AND COPELAND RD FIRE
5 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 175 AT SHANNON
27 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service480 RHAT ROAD
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSW CLAY CO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shannon in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2000Thunderstorm WindShannon$3,000A house roof was damaged, and a porch was destroyed.
May 2020Tornado (EFU)Shannon-A highly visible tornado was observed by numerous storm chasers in south central Clay County. The tornado initially developed near Stat e Highway 148 and moved erratically north and northwest. Although debris was noted in the videos of the tornado and tree damage likely occurred, no specific damage was reported or could be confirmed on an NWS storm survey, so the tornado is assigned an rating of unknown.
April 2012HailShannon-The hail was reported near Coody Road on CR 175.
May 2024HailShannon-no account filed
April 2012HailShannon-no account filed
April 2000HailShannon-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindShannon-no account filed
April 1998HailShannon-no account filed
April 1996HailShannon-no account filed
July 1995HailShannon-no account filed
May 1994HailShannon-no account filed
August 1994HailShannon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Prospect3.6 miles8
Joy7.4 miles7
Buffalo Springs8.5 miles7
Deer Creek11.3 miles8
Vashti12.9 miles7
Newport12.9 miles7
Bluegrove13.9 miles7
Bellevue17.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1368055. 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.