Slidell, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76234. The Survey maps it on the Slidell quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Slidell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Slidell between 2006 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | COUNTY LINE |
| 12 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100PR235708122020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slidell in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2008 | Lightning | Slidell | $150,000 | Lightning started a tank battery fire near FM 455. Three firefighter departments battled the fire. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Slidell | $100,000 | At least 10 cars stalled on Highway 287 north of Decatur due to high water on parts of the highway. There was also one foot of water over Highway 114 at Farm-to-Market Road 718 near the city of Aurora. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Slidell | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slidell | $75,000 | Several homes in Slidell sustained wind damage. Roof damage, blown in garage doors, and shed damage were reported. This damage is believed to be RFD-related from the tornadic parent supercell. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slidell | $25,000 | The wall of a school was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slidell | $20,000 | A roof was blown off a mobile home and a tree fell onto a car. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Slidell | $10,000 | Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Slidell, TX. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slidell | $5,000 | News media reported wind damage to a home on CR 2723 just west of FM 455. The roof was removed from the mobile home and the carport was destroyed. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slidell | $5,000 | Amateur radio measured a 62 MPH wind gust approximately 4 miles south of Slidell, TX. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slidell | $5,000 | Amateur radio reported three to five inch diameter trees were broken and 2 to 4 inch diameter branches were broken from half a dozen trees. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Slidell | $1,000 | Half-dollar sized hail was reported by a trained spotter 1 mile west of Slidell. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slidell | - | Fire and Rescue reported wind gusts of 60 MPH in the city of Slidell, TX. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Slidell | - | Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail in Slidell, TX. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Slidell | - | Amateur radio reported quarter-sized hail approximately 4 miles south of Slidell, TX. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Slidell | - | Amateur radio reported 3.86 inched of rain in the Town of Slidell, TX in one hour. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Slidell | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported in Slidell, TX by a trained spotter. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Slidell | - | Dime sized hail and thunderstorm winds up to 55 MPH were reported 5 miles south of Slidell. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Slidell | - | One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio in Slidell. |
| April 2005 | Flash Flood | Slidell | - | Slow moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding over northeast Wise county. 2-3 feet of water was reported over county roads. |
| February 2022 | Hail | Slidell | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Slidell | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Slidell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Slidell | - | 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.
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 Slidell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7540362 | 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 1368430. 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.




