BlockSterrett, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waxahachie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75165. It stands on North Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waxahachie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waxahachie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Sterrett between 2005 and 2019, burning about 924 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E. HIGHLAND ROAD |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 128 E. OVILLA RD |
| 10 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONG BRANCH FIRE |
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM664 |
| 7 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 109 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVILLA ROAD |
| 24 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPRINGBRANCH RD @ LONGBRANCH RD |
| 23 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 841 BLACK CHAMP RD |
| 1 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAIN ST. FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sterrett in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Sterrett | $3,000 | A tornado began near Highland Road, east of I-35 in Red Oak and continued northeast into Dallas County. The tornado did minor EF-0 damage to trees, crops, and shingles while moving northeast through Ellis County. After the tornado crossed into Dallas County it strengthened and did more substantial damage in the city of Lancaster. The path length of the tornado in Ellis County was approximately 4.4 miles long, but the total path length was 13.7 miles long. |
| January 2025 | Flash Flood | Sterrett | $2,000 | The Shawnee bridge south of Bells Chapel Rd flooded between Red Oak and Pecan Hill, and the flood gates were closed at the road to deter drivers. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Sterrett | $1,000 | Trained spotter reported quarter size hail 2 miles SSW of Red Oak. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sterrett | - | Mping report of 1 inch hail 3 miles northeast of Waxahachie. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Sterrett | - | Trained spotter report of nickel-sized hail near the Grove Creek Rd and FM 813 intersection around 3 miles NE of Waxahachie. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sterrett | - | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Sterrett | - | Emergency management reported a flooded roadway and parking lot at Sterrett Road and Highway 77 in Waxahachie. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sterrett | - | Quarter sized hail was measured at a CoCoRaHS station approximately 3 miles south-southwest of the city of Red Oak, TX. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sterrett | - | An MPING report indicated dime sized hail approximately 2 miles south of the city of Red Oak, TX. |
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 1379112. 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.