Vashti, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bellevue-Joy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76228. The Survey maps it on the Vashti 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
- 1963 USGS Vashti quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Vashti between 2005 and 2020, burning about 10,296 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUTLER FIRE |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRAY FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE & CAR FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vashti in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vashti | $16,000 | Two barns de-roofed. At least one carport was also destroyed. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vashti | $50 | Several tree limbs were downed. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vashti | - | Thunderstorm in the western part of north Texas during the evening hours on the 24th produced hail in excess of quarter-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off of roofs from 10 to 12 miles east of Henrietta. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Vashti | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Vashti | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Vashti | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Vashti | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Vashti | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Vashti | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Vashti | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Vashti | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Springs | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Bellevue | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Newport | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Joy | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Prospect | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Shannon | 12.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bluegrove | 12.9 miles | 7 | |
| Dickworsham | 14.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1370596. 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.



