Siloam, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Dalby Springs-Simms census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75559. The Survey maps it on the Bassett quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1930 USGS Bassett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bassett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
218 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Siloam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,247 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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 | 131 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAIRD 2 |
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAIRD |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 561 |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 177 |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Siloam in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Siloam | - | Half dollar size hail reported via mPING. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Siloam | - | Golf ball size hail fell off of Exit 186 on Interstate 30 about 3 miles east of Dalby Springs. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam | - | Power lines were downed along Farm to Market Road 561 southwest of New Boston. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam | - | Numerous trees were downed south of DeKalb, Texas. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Siloam | - | Hail was reported in the Dalby Springs community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Creek | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bassett | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Simms | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| College Hill | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Darden | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Dalby Springs | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Old Union | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Old Salem | 6.5 miles | 11 |
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 Siloam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113987315 | 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 1380921. 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.





