BlockSonoma, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ennis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75119. The Survey maps it on the Ennis East quadrangle.
On record in Sonoma
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
House at 708 East Brownlisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away- House at 802 East Ennislisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Ennis East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
91 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Sonoma between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,692 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 375 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPENCE ROAD FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRECKENRIDGE VILLAGE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRACTABEL |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LISKA ROAD GRASS FIRE |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sonoma in 4 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sonoma | $100,000 | Broadcast media reported nearly the entire roof of the Days Inn on I-45 at Newcrest was blown off along with some second story walls. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sonoma | $30,000 | Part of the side roof of the Dairy Queen in Ennis was peeled off. The side part extended upwards and was exposed to the strong winds. The metal fell on a few cars causing minor damage. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sonoma | - | Broadcast media reported measured 1.25 inch hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sonoma | - | 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 1347382. 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.