Antioch, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Chandler-Brownsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75758. It stands on Mulberry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Moore Station quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Moore Station quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,735 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 099 |
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 488 |
| 3 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 521 |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | #7052 |
| 26 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antioch in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $30,000 | Thunderstorms winds blew the roof off a house near the intersection of FM 314 and CR 3417. Numerous power poles were also blown down along CR 3417. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Antioch | $5,000 | Golfball size hail was reported 7 miles south of Chandler on FM 315. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $4,000 | A large tree and power lines were blown down near the Silver Shores community. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Antioch | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in the Forest Grove POA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Moore Station | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sunrise Shores | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Leagueville | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Union Hill | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Evelyn | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brownsboro | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Chandler | 6.9 miles | 16 |
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 Antioch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076401 | 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 1377943. 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.






