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Tundra, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75103. The Survey maps it on the Phalba quadrangle.

Tundra within Van Zandt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

160 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Tundra between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,067 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2909
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2909
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2310
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2142
29 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
28 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
27 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2311
26 September 2015Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1516

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tundra: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Athens Brick Van Zandt County PitClayProducer
Van Zandt County PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Van Zandt County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tundra in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Tundra$5,000A tornado developed near Van Zandt CR 2213, then tracked northeast across HWY 19 south of Canton. Shingle damage occurred to a home, as well as tree branches were broken. The tornado then began to dissipate east of Hwy 19, damaging another home on Van Zandt CR 4201 near Mill Creek. Maximum winds with the tornado were estimated at 75 mph.
May 2024HailTundra-An amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail off HWY 19 south of Canton.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTundra-A trained spotter reported a few large trees blown down near CR 2319 approximately 4 miles north of the city of Walton, TX.

Every storm recorded in Van Zandt 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
Jackson2.9 miles13
Denman Crossroads4.5 miles13
Martins Mill5.8 miles13
Phalba5.9 miles13
Holly Springs5.9 miles13
Whitton6.2 miles13
Canton6.4 miles13
Wallace6.5 miles13

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 TundraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q116055790The 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 1379179. 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.