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Tucker, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Palestine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75801. It stands on Mack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Palestine quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Tucker within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Tucker between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,493 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 12 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 burning86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 473
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceELK90084
3 September 2009Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRINITY WEST RANCH
3 September 2009Natural8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 203
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 461
29 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1992Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 281

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tucker: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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
Palestine LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Palestine MineHalite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1891, 1904, 1937
Palestine SaltSaltUnknown

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tucker in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
November 2014FloodTucker$15,000An Anderson County Commissioner reported a bridge washed out on Anderson County Road 2933 just southwest of Palestine.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindTucker$15,000Several large trees were blown down on roads in Tucker and Neches.
April 2020HailTucker$5,000Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail near the intersection of FM 645 and County Road 2908.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTucker$4,000A barn was destroyed by high thunderstorm winds.
April 2012HailTucker$1,000Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Tucker.
April 2026HailTucker-Report of 1.25 inch hail from mPING.
April 2022HailTucker-A public report indicated half-dollar sized hail about 7 miles southwest of Palestine, TX.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTucker-A 60 mph wind gust was measured at the Walmart Distribution Center southwest of Palestine.
April 2014HailTucker-The Anderson County emergency manager reported hail grew to the size of half dollars near Highway 294 and Farm to Market Road 1990.
January 2011HailTucker-Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of County Road 2101 and County Road 2107 about 7 miles SSW of Palestine.
April 2011HailTucker-Nickel size hail fell along County Road 2101 about 5 miles southwest of Palestine.
May 2011Flash FloodTucker-A segment of Highway 294 was barricaded due to high water flowing over the road. This segment was located near Tucker or approximately 8 miles south-southwest of Palestine.
March 2010HailTucker-Penny size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 294 and Farm-to-Market Road 249.
March 2010HailTucker-Penny to nickel size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 294 and Farm-to-Market Road 1990.
February 2009HailTucker-Penny size hail fell at the Tucker VFD.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindTucker-Large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2006Flash FloodTucker-Highway 79 and FM 645 were closed due to high water.
June 2023HailTucker-no account filed
May 2003HailTucker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Long Lake2.4 miles10
Lakeview Assembly3.4 miles10
Harmony6.3 miles12
Cronin7.0 miles10
Palestine8.7 miles13
Elkhart9.5 miles10
Massey Lake11.5 miles12
Deanwright11.7 miles10

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 TuckerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48851728The 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 1370179. 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.