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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.

Slidell within Wise 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

54 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning8
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2006Arson/incendiarism40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2010Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
20 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2008Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasCOUNTY LINE
12 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service100PR235708122020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wise County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008LightningSlidell$150,000Lightning started a tank battery fire near FM 455. Three firefighter departments battled the fire.
September 2010Flash FloodSlidell$100,000At 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 2016HailSlidell$100,000no account filed
March 2022Thunderstorm WindSlidell$75,000Several 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 1999Thunderstorm WindSlidell$25,000The wall of a school was blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindSlidell$20,000A roof was blown off a mobile home and a tree fell onto a car.
October 2019HailSlidell$10,000Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Slidell, TX.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSlidell$5,000News 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 2016Thunderstorm WindSlidell$5,000Amateur radio measured a 62 MPH wind gust approximately 4 miles south of Slidell, TX.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindSlidell$5,000Amateur 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 2012HailSlidell$1,000Half-dollar sized hail was reported by a trained spotter 1 mile west of Slidell.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSlidell-Fire and Rescue reported wind gusts of 60 MPH in the city of Slidell, TX.
April 2016HailSlidell-Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail in Slidell, TX.
April 2016HailSlidell-Amateur radio reported quarter-sized hail approximately 4 miles south of Slidell, TX.
May 2015Heavy RainSlidell-Amateur radio reported 3.86 inched of rain in the Town of Slidell, TX in one hour.
April 2014HailSlidell-Half dollar sized hail was reported in Slidell, TX by a trained spotter.
May 2012HailSlidell-Dime sized hail and thunderstorm winds up to 55 MPH were reported 5 miles south of Slidell.
February 2012HailSlidell-One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio in Slidell.
April 2005Flash FloodSlidell-Slow moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding over northeast Wise county. 2-3 feet of water was reported over county roads.
February 2022HailSlidell-no account filed
May 2003HailSlidell-no account filed
May 2003HailSlidell-no account filed
May 1999HailSlidell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wise 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
Greenwood4.6 miles8
Sycamore5.8 miles9
Allison6.7 miles9
Decatur13.5 miles11
Bluett14.2 miles9
Herman15.2 miles11
Alvord16.1 miles9
Bryan18.1 miles9

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 SlidellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7540362The 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.