BlockSmyrna, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76270. The Survey maps it on the Smyrna 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
229 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,850 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 burning | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAR FIRE |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROLLED BURN |
| 30 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROLLED BURN |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARP |
| 3 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINK WILSON RR GRASS |
| 29 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROLLED BURN |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RATER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smyrna in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | $30,000 | The roof of a well-built horse barn sustained damage from strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | $15,000 | A 3-sided, 30 foot by 15 foot post barn with a metal roof was destroyed by thunderstorm winds approximately 8 miles southeast of Bowie. The debris from the barn were scattered approximately one quarter mile to the northeast. Also in the area, tree limbs larger than 10 in diameter were broken off. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Smyrna | $8,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported 9 miles north of Alvord; which is about 3 miles northeast of Sunset. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Smyrna | - | A trained spotter reported one-inch diameter hail approximately 2 miles north of Sunset, TX. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Smyrna | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380564. 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.