BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Cooke County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Thomason-Scott House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Off TX 51 and SR 922, Era, 76238
- When was it listed? September 1980
- Category. building
- Census division. Valley View
- Architectural style. Victorian architecture
- National Register reference number. 80004086 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
135 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Thomason-Scott House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,077 acres in total. 11 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE BY LIGHTNING FM 51 & CR 377 |
| 19 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE BY LIGHTNING CR 397 |
Storms near this property
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Era, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | $300,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth found that a downburst occurred in Cooke County. Widespread wind damage occurred to mobile homes and outbuildings, and several permanent buildings sustained roof damage. Mobile homes were rolled several times by the strong winds. Several metal industrial buildings and airport hangars were damaged...some extensively. Fifteen planes at the Gainesville Municipal Airport were damaged as they were pushed into each other. The roof of a motel was blown off just west of Interstate 35, and a porch of another motel just east of the Interstate was removed. Interstate 35 was shut down in both directions due to debris covering road. Power lines, signs, and trees were also knocked down. Garage doors were blown inside out. Winds speeds were generally 60 MPH, but likely reached as high as 90 MPH at some points in the damage path. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | $50,000 | A large 5th wheel was tipped over onto a truck parked next to it, and a small wood shed on the same property was blown across the field. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Era | $20,000 | A trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball sized hail in the town of Era. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Era | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail approximately 7 miles west of the city of Valley View, TX. Hail near 2 was also reported in this same approximate area by the public. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | $7,000 | On FM 51 south of Era, an RV was blown over and minor roof damage occurred to a home and nearby outbuildings. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | $5,000 | Seventy MPH winds were estimated in Era which is between Valley View and Rosston. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Era | $5,000 | The first of three tornadoes touched down 1 mile south of Era, moved northeast and dissipated approximately 4.5 miles northeast of Era. This tornado occurred in a thunderstorm ahead of a line of thunderstorms that produced the other two tornadoes. There was roof damage south of Era and signs and trees limbs blown down northeast of Era. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused large tree branch damage north of Era, and one Yield sign was bent at the base. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | $1,000 | Part of the metal roof of a barn was peeled off approximately 1.5 miles southeast of Era. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Era | - | A public report of quarter sized hail was received 2 miles east of Era, TX. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Era | - | Quarter sized hail covered the ground in Era. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Era | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Era, which is approximately 5 miles west of Valley View. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Era | - | A storm chaser videoed a tornado southwest of Gainesville for nearly 4 minutes. The tornado damaged some trees. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Era | - | Spotters reported a tornado northeast of Era. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 10 minutes and uprooted numerous large trees. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Era | - | A brief tornado was reported north of Era. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Era | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Era | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Era | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Era | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80004086 in Record Group 79. |
| Cooke County | All 8 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.