BlockCedar Lane, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Bay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77414. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Lane quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Cedar Lane quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Lane between 2011 and 2019, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOWIE RD- PWR LINES |
| 28 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 153- STUMPS |
| 30 November 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ISAACS HAY FIELD |
| 29 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIMS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Lane in 1 storm report in 1998: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Lane | $3,000 | Powerlines blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesmore | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rugeley | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hawkinsville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Lake | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Caney | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Allenhurst | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sargent | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Van Vleck | 9.8 miles | 10 |
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 Cedar Lane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056797 | 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 1354131. 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.
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.