Truce, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jacksboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76230. It lies near Galliher Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Newport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Newport quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Truce between 2005 and 2020, burning about 10,015 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILBERT FIRE |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHERRY FIRE |
| 19 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 7,328 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHERRY HOMES FIRE |
| 10 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE CALL 3929 STARK RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truce in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truce | $15,000 | Emergency manager reported large trees were snapped and a metal roof was removed from a barn 14 miles northwest of Jacksboro. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Truce | $3,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported near the intersection of Montague, Jack and Wise counties. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Truce | - | Reported via mPing. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truce | - | Estimated winds of 50-60 mph were reported in northeast Jack County. |
| November 2021 | Hail | Truce | - | Emergency management reported half-dollar sized hail in the city of Newport, TX. |
| December 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Truce | - | Bowie Police Department relayed a public report of a tornado in northeast Jack County near the Montague County line. No damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postoak | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cundiff | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Maryetta | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Oakland | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wizard Wells | 15.0 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksboro | 15.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lynn Creek | 15.8 miles | 8 | |
| Vineyard | 17.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380678. 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.



