Woods, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gary City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75974. The Survey maps it on the Old Center quadrangle.
On record in Woods
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Methodist Church Concordlisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1945 USGS Socagee Bayou quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS Old Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 534 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS 9-4-11 |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6164 |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 564 |
| 16 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 126 |
| 1 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS 8-9-09 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woods in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woods | - | Tree downed on FM Road 699 near the Antioch community southeast of Carthage. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Woods | - | This is a continuation of the Northern Shelby County tornado. This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph, continued north-northwest through Southern Panola County along CR 439, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then crossed CR 430 about 1.5 miles east of FM 699, before moving across a heavily wooded area and moving across CR 430 again just east of CR 4353. Additional trees were snapped and uprooted in this area, before moving along CR 437 just east of FM 699 where the tornado began to weaken and lift, with only large branches snapped here. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Woods | - | Quarter-sized hail northeast of Tenaha. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woods | - | Trees were blown down on FM 999 just east of County Road 420. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woods | - | Trees were blown down on County Road 430. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woods | - | Several trees were blown down across Panola County. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woods | - | Trees were downed across the entire county...including across Farm to Market 31 southeast of Carthage, Texas. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Woods | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Center | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Antioch | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Gary | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Daniels | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Galloway | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Buncome | 9.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376867. 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.





