Starrville, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Winona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75792. It stands on Starrville Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Starrville quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1938 USGS Winona quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Starrville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
264 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Starrville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,807 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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 | 132 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH 15:15 |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18373 CR 3132 |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 575 |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE WINONA I-20 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starrville in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starrville | - | Tree downed along FM Road 757. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starrville | - | Trees downed near the intersection of Highway 271 and Landry Lane near the Starrville community. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Starrville | - | High water over FM 1252 between Highway 370 to just west of Barber Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starrville | - | Trees and power lines were blown down southeast of Winona. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starrville | - | A tree was downed along Hwy. 271 about 5 miles from Gladewater, Texas. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Starrville | - | Hail covered the roadways resulting in a car accident on I-20 and Hwy 271. No injuries. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Starrville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Waters Bluff | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Winona | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Owentown | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Browning | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Douglas | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Flat | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shady Grove | 9.0 miles | 15 |
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 Starrville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076588 | 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 1379110. 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.






