Trickham, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Santa Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76878. The Survey maps it on the Trickham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Trickham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Trickham between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,192 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM586 & FM1186 |
| 12 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS /BRUSH FIRE |
| 1 September 2020 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA VISTA |
| 24 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 586/FM1176 |
| 20 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11501 FM586 |
| 16 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trickham in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trickham | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Several mobile homes were damaged by thunderstorm winds. A child suffered an eye injury from glass debris. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trickham | $5,000 | A business was unroofed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trickham | $5,000 | A 100-year-old building was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Trickham | - | Dispatch for Sheriff's office reported quarter size hail near the Brown County line on CR210. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EFU) | Trickham | - | Two trained spotters reported this tornado in open rural country that briefly touched down. One of the spotter's noted debris was thrown into the air and the other spotter reported the tornado was on the ground. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Trickham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Trickham | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Trickham | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Trickham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Whon | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Obregon | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rockwood | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Shields | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Santa Anna | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Chaffin Crossing | 12.7 miles | 14 |
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 Trickham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q111514852 | 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 1380676. 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.




