Stockard, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75751. It stands on Briar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stockard quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Martins Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Martins Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Stockard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Stockard between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,426 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 93 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0909141 GRASS & HAY BALES FIRE |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GAS PLANT FIRE 2 |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 905093 |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0923171 BRUSH PILE |
| 21 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 2858 - EUSTACE |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2918 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockard in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Stockard | 5 hurt, $300,000 | This tornado developed northeast of Log Cabin with the first|visible damage associated to snapped trees. As the tornado moved |north/northeast, a tall communications tower was snapped in half. |Eventually, the tornado crossed paths with several homes which led|to complete destruction and many debarked trees. The damage path |continued to the northeast, eventually stopping near the|intersection of Van Zandt County Road 2903 and FM 1256. As this|tornado occluded and dissipated, the next tornado began in the next|few minutes. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Stockard | $100,000 | Several roads were closed or experienced flooding due to heavy rain across parts of Henderson County. Some areas received 4-6 inches of rain in less than 6 hours. Parts of Highways 175 and 19 near Athens experienced flooding problems. Also mentioned was HCRs 3918, 3910, and 3907. Two bridges were damaged due to flooding on HCRs 1500 and 1507 near Crescent Heights. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockard | - | Large trees were split and uprooted along FM 2709, east of FM 2803. This location is a few miles east of Eustace. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickens | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Eustace | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Log Cabin | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Caney City | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Big Rock | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Payne Springs | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bethel | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Crescent Heights | 6.5 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 Stockard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076589 | 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 1379117. 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.






