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Troup, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Troup-Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75789. The Survey maps it on the Troup East quadrangle.

Troup within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

369 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of Troup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,748 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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 burning222
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use21
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Natural11
Smoking10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15464 HWY 135
8 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROUP VFD
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHEROKEE 16:54
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service20014 CR 2147 FIRE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR4917
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFARM MARKET RD. 346 FIRE
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution172 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDORSEY LANE FIRE
6 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 15 & CR 2159 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Troup: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Ball Clay, Kaolin, Bentonite, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Troup PitKaolin, BentoniteProducerSedimentary
Troup PlantClayProducer
A D Green PitBall ClayPast Producer
Henderson Clay Products Pit EastBall ClayProducer
Henderson Clay Products Pit WestBall ClayProducer
Southern Clay Products PitBall ClayPast Producer
W.A. White No.1 & No.2 PitsBall ClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troup in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Thunderstorm WindTroup$45,000Several trees were downed, with portions of the roof torn off of the Harry's Building Materials in Troup.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindTroup$20,000Winds damaged a roof in the community of Troup in Smith County.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindTroup$5,000The roof was peeled back on a barn in Troup, Texas.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindTroup$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindTroup$3,000no account filed
May 2025Flash FloodTroup-Portions of South Georgia Street in Troup was covered in high water.
April 2025Flash FloodTroup-High water covered South Georgia Street in Troup.
May 2024Flash FloodTroup-Flash flooding reported with water covering the roadway on Highway 110.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTroup-Trees downed in Troup.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindTroup-Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Troup.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTroup-A large metal building suffered roof damage as a result of a microburst from a collapsing thunderstorm.
April 2020HailTroup-Penny to quarter size hail fell near Troup.
May 2019Flash FloodTroup-Highway 135 northwest of Troup was flooded.
May 2017HailTroup-The Troup ISD Emergency Manager reported nickel size hail in Troup.
April 2016Flash FloodTroup-Highway 110 at Mud Creek northwest of Troup to Blackjack Road (County Road 2138) was closed due to flooding.
April 2016Flash FloodTroup-Numerous roads flooded and closed in Troup.
May 2015Flash FloodTroup-Widespread street flooding was reported in the Troup, Texas community.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTroup-Numerous trees were downed across a quarter mile area at Old Tyler Road and Hwy. 2185.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindTroup-Spotter reported a 10 inch diameger tree was downed on FM. 15 just east of Troup, Texas.
August 2008Flash FloodTroup-County Road 2186 south of County Road 2138 was closed due to flooding.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindTroup-Powerlines were downed.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindTroup-Numerous large trees down.
May 2017HailTroup-no account filed
April 2017HailTroup-no account filed
April 2005HailTroup-no account filed
April 2005HailTroup-no account filed
May 2000HailTroup-no account filed
May 1994HailTroup-no account filed
May 1994HailTroup-no account filed
February 1993HailTroup-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Smith County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sinclair City4.3 miles15
Omen5.1 miles15
Blackjack5.2 miles16
Salem5.6 miles15
Arp6.5 miles15
Walnut Grove7.5 miles14
Whitehouse7.9 miles16
Wright City8.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1348809. 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.