Sheridan, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Garwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77475. The Survey maps it on the Sheridan quadrangle. 520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 2005 and 2015, burning about 22 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARGARET HINES |
| 18 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANCHO LAVACA |
| 29 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 12 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISHER GF |
| 14 January 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1999 | Hail | Sheridan | $100,000 | Numerous reports of baseball-sized hail between Sheridan and Columbus. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Sheridan | $25,000 | Tornado blew down powerlines, temporary buildings, and 12" diameter trees |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheridan | $21,500 | Numerous trees blown down (one on a house). Barn destroyed. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Sheridan | $10,000 | Haines Road washed out with creek flooding in the area. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sheridan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sheridan | $7,000 | Baseball size hail occurred near Sheridan. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Sheridan | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Sheridan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Island | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gwinns Crossing (historical) | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| New Bielau | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Oakland | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Altair | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Borden | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Helms | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Provident City | 14.7 miles | 8 |
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 Sheridan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7494879 | 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 1347028. 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.



