Antioch, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75852. It stands on Crabs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sand Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sand Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1996 and 2018, burning about 173 acres in total. None 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 382 |
| 26 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 158 |
| 18 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4039 |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE # 26 |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3060 |
| 15 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALASKA LANE |
| 20 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Old Elwood | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Elwood | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Dingerville | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Connor | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Jenkins | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cross Roads | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Madisonville | 13.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379352. 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.




