Burleigh, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77418. The Survey maps it on the Burleigh quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sealy quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Burleigh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Burleigh between 2009 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ OIL FIELD |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 11 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ IGNOSKIE |
| 9 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ FM 529 |
| 27 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ HWY 36 SOUTH |
| 30 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
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 Burleigh: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burleigh in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burleigh | $15,000 | Trees and power lines down at FM 529 and Smith Road. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burleigh | $2,000 | Power lines were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Macedonia | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bellville | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Millheim | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Raccoon Bend | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cochran | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Buckhorn | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| San Felipe | 9.1 miles | 13 |
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 Burleigh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710365 | 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 1379480. 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.




