Sherry, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clarksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. It stands on McCoy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
137 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Sherry between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,804 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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 | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1305 FIRE 9/6 |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1355 GRASS FIRE 9/18 |
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 Sherry: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherry in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Sherry | - | Farm to Market Road 909 north of County Road 1487 was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherry | - | Large tree limbs were blown down on FM 909 near Scatter Creek. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Sherry | - | Intersection of FM 909 and FM1487 was closed south southwest of Clarksville, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCoy | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Aikin Grove | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Star | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Branch | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Batesville | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mabry | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Peters Prairie | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clarksville | 5.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380531. 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.




