Atreco, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Port Arthur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77642. The Survey maps it on the Port Arthur North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS Port Arthur North quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Port Arthur North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Arthur North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Atreco between 2000 and 2009, burning about 30 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 59 |
| 17 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 387 |
| 17 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 386 |
| 21 October 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 752 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Atreco: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Arthur Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atreco in 2 storm reports in 2019: 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Atreco | - | A report of flooding along Gulfway Drive and Stadium Road in Port Arthur. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atreco | - | Personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph in groves. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groves | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Port Neches | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeview | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Griffing Park | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pear Ridge | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Nederland | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Port Arthur | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Central Gardens | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554068 | 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 1379372. 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.









