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Shirley, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Hopkins-Sulphur Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Tira quadrangle.

Shirley within Hopkins 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

23 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Shirley between 2003 and 2019, burning about 438 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2011Natural39 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 629
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6215
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN-6173
20 August 2006Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 597
16 May 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 April 2018Debris and open burning16 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOPKINS 15:57
18 March 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOPKINS 15:25
8 February 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHERRY GROVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shirley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Birth Right Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Hopkins County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shirley in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Shirley$25,000Medium sized trees were knocked down along FM 3236 north-northeast of Sulphur Springs. Some sheds were also displaced several yards along the same road. One residential home on FM 3236 sustained damage. The damage was the result of a microburst from a dissipating, high-based thunderstorm.
October 2009Flash FloodShirley$12,000Numerous city streets in Sulphur Springs were inundated and a few were barricaded. Highway 19 just north of Sulphur Springs was under water, and FM 1870 southeast of Sulphur Springs had high water over the road. FM 69 north of Interstate 30 had to be closed down because the water was a foot deep over a 100 feet section of the road. CR 4766 south of FM 71 was impassable but possibly because it lies near a swollen section of the South Sulphur River.
May 2024HailShirley$5,000Golf ball sized hail was observed at Highway 19 and CR 1174.
August 2017Flash FloodNorth Shirley$5,000Hopkins County Sheriff's Department reported that FM 3236 near the intersection of CR 3512 was closed due to high water and flood damage.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindShirley$2,000Trees and large limbs were reported down on State Highway 19 near CR 1116.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindShirley-Broadcast media reported several trees down south of Sulphur Springs near County Road 1116 and County Road 1174 off of Highway 19.
April 2017Flash FloodShirley-A local newspaper reported high water west of State Highway 154.
December 2015Flash FloodShirley-Flooding was occurring along Interstate 30 near mile marker 120 west of Sulphur Springs.
December 2015Flash FloodShirley-Low water crossings along CR 1174 south of Sulphur Springs were flooded.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindShirley-Trees downed.
April 1995HailShirley-Large tree limbs were blown down by high winds.

Every storm recorded in Hopkins 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
Hatchetville1.0 miles9
Oakdale1.1 miles9
Birthright1.6 miles9
Oak Grove2.4 miles9
New Birthright2.7 miles9
Weir3.4 miles9
Nelta3.6 miles8
Dike3.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380534. 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.