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Chinquapin, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75930. It stands on Clear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chinquapin quadrangle.

Chinquapin within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Chinquapin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 were 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 691
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7094
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2014Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7049
2 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 824
2 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 828

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chinquapin in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2026Thunderstorm WindChinquapin-Tree downed on a power line along County Road 432 just east of the Anthony Harbor community.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindChinquapin-Tree down on Farm to Market Road 1751 just south of Highway 103.
August 2017Flash FloodChinquapin-High water over Highway 83 on Huckleberry Creek, just east of FM 1751.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindChinquapin-A tree was downed south of town.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindChinquapin-Trees were blown down along Tx. 1751 west of Bronson, Texas.

Every storm recorded in San Augustine 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
Rebecca2.9 miles12
Conville3.0 miles12
Maxey Town3.1 miles12
Macune3.3 miles13
Union Grave3.7 miles13
Venable4.2 miles12
Norwood6.0 miles13
Fords Corner7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381632. 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.