Young, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fairfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75840. The Survey maps it on the Young quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Young quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Young between 2000 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FCR 221 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FCR 221 GRASS FIRE 2 |
| 19 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1509011 ROBINSON RANCH |
| 31 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2570 GRASS FIRE |
| 31 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3015 |
| 30 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1908011 MINE FIRE |
| 2 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FCR 235 GRASS FIRE |
| 1 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FCR 901 FF GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Young in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Young | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds in Northeast Freestone County. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Young | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Young | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnerville | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Ward Prairie | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Stewards Mill | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Rhode Island | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Saint Elmo | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fairfield | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Winkler | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Turlington | 10.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379298. 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.



