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Antioch, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lovelady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75851. The Survey maps it on the Weldon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Antioch within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Antioch (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,127 acres in total. 6 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2013Fireworks18 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7112
28 September 1993Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 933
2 September 2000Natural25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 367
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1998Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Antioch (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Texas Clay Industries Inc OperationClayProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Sorghumville2.8 miles10
Lovelady3.7 miles9
Pearsons Chapel4.3 miles9
Lone Pine5.9 miles9
Weldon6.3 miles10
Smith Grove6.9 miles9
Vistula7.1 miles11
Center Grove8.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377294. 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.