Sumner, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sumner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75486. The Survey maps it on the Toco quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Toco quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
179 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Sumner between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,642 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 112 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 79 FIRE |
| 7 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPE5 |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13019 |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6293 |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAM MAGNESS |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS-P.HART |
| 3 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DR TROUT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sumner: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sumner in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 4 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Lightning | Sumner | $75,000 | A lightning started fire burned down a house near Sumner. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sumner | $50,000 | A trained spotter reported baseball sized hail near the town of Sumner. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Sumner | $35,000 | Baseball-size was hail reported nine miles northwest of Paris. Many windows were broken. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Sumner | - | Occurred in the community of Emberson. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumner | - | Power lines were blown down near Sumner. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Sumner | - | 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.
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 Sumner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637947 | 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 1369390. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







