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Woodlawn, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75670. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.

Woodlawn within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,241 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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 burning159
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Arson/incendiarism17
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1

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 2013Debris and open burning11 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6297
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUSLOW TIMBER CO
7 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 378
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEE ISLAND RD
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceACROSS FROM WILLIAM COLLISION 59 S.
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDFIRE
30 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE OF TEXAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Woodlawn: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Henderson Clay Products Inc PitFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Unnamed PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Womack PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Womack PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodlawn in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Woodlawn$30,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated winds near 110 mph touched down just west of County Road 4000 about a mile north of Holmes Lake. It traveled east northeast where it intersected Highway 59 near the Karma Farm. The tornado damaged two homes there while knocking down several trees. It continued east northeast where it crossed Farm to Market Road 1793 and County Road 2106, where it leveled fields of trees. It traveled further east northeast to the Intersection of County Road 2107 and Buckhorn Road, where it continued to clear huge swaths of trees. The tornado lifted about a half mile east of this roadway intersection.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-Large tree downed on FM Road 1997 between Marshall and Jefferson.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-Scattered trees and power lines were downed across mainly Northern and Eastern Harrison County.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-A large tree was blown down across Jewell Gooch Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-Power lines were downed along Highway 59 north in the Woodlawn community.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-A tree was blown down blocking FM 1997 about 5 miles north of Loop 390.
May 2019Flash FloodWoodlawn-Numerous roads were flooded across Eastern Harrison County.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-A tree was blown down in the Woodlawn community.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-A few trees and powerlines were downed south of Jefferson, Texas.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-A few trees and powerlines were downed in northern Harrison County Texas.
October 2009Flash FloodWoodlawn-Numerous roads were flooded in the southern and eastern portions of the county.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-Several large trees down across Hwy 59.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-Numerous trees and powerlines down.
May 1994HailWoodlawn-Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
February 1993HailWoodlawn-Wind gusts to 63 mph were reported.
March 2000HailWoodlawn-no account filed
March 1996HailWoodlawn-no account filed
January 1995Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Pope City2.4 miles13
Gainesville3.8 miles12
Baldwin6.5 miles14
Nesbitt7.7 miles12
Jasper Heights8.5 miles12
Marshall8.6 miles12
Karnack9.3 miles14
Bel Air10.4 miles12

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 WoodlawnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6603844The 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 1350536. 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.