Weeping Mary, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Alto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75925. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Weches quadrangle. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1946 USGS Alto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Weches quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Weches quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Weeping Mary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,105 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 4 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILD FIRE |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 483 |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | SNAG |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrill | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Brunswick | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Alto | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bulah | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Redlawn | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Hurst | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hudson Chapel | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Central High | 9.4 miles | 10 |
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 Weeping Mary | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7979583 | The 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 1370986. 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.






