BlockWagner, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75401. The Survey maps it on the Greenville NW 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Greenville NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Wagner between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR1076 FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATERMELON FIRE |
| 4 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISHER |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR1061 CRAVEN |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1079 BRUSH FIRE |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSS TIE |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 903 AND CR 1132 BRUSH /GRAAS FIRE |
| 20 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MA MERIT CR 1067 GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wagner in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Wagner | 4 hurt, $900,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey crew determined a long track tornado produced EF1 damage in several spots in Hunt County. The hardest hit home was a ranch for exotic birds and chickens. This tornado produced a non continuous path for nearly 12 miles, producing several pockets of tree and fence damage. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagner | $50,000 | An emergency manager reported snapped power poles. Some mature trees were uprooted or snapped, and a hay barn roof was destroyed. The damage swath was estimated to be a tenth of a mile wide. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Wagner | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Wagner. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379220. 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.