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Argenta, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the George West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78368. The Survey maps it on the Tynan quadrangle.

Argenta within Live Oak County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

40 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Argenta between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,644 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning13
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes1

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
30 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use13 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 888 COUNTY LINE
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 796
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service13/26
5 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7-DEC
16 August 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAVEL ROAD
15 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13/23
14 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMATHIS PD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Live Oak County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Argenta: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bomer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mathis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Mcrae PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Porter PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Texas Hauling ContractorsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wright PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche

Every working recorded in Live Oak County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argenta in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Thunderstorm WindArgenta$5,000Trees were blown down and into the roadway on Farm to Market Road 888.

Every storm recorded in Live Oak 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
Hideaway Hill2.7 miles12
Los Lomas3.1 miles12
Peace Valley Harbor3.8 miles12
Mount Lucas5.4 miles12
Lagarto6.7 miles12
Dinero7.2 miles12
Mikeska13.4 miles12
River Creek Acres13.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377951. 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.

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.