Chriesman, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Caldwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77836. The Survey maps it on the Chriesman quadrangle. It stands 446 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Milano quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Chriesman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Chriesman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. None 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 burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORROLL GRASS FIRE CYRD327 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 327 PASTURE FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 364 |
| 2 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CYRD310#1 GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRD310#2FIREPAST FIST ONE |
| 2 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR316 |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRIVATE ROAD 1006 GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chriesman in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2007: 4 hail, 2 tornado, 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 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Chriesman | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Chriesman | $500,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Chriesman | $15,000 | Golfball hail along northern portion of county bording Milam County line. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Chriesman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chriesman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Chriesman | $7,000 | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Chriesman | $3,000 | Hail was observed on Highway 36. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chriesman | $2,000 | Tree down on CR 377. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Goodwill | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cooks Point | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hix | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| San Antonio Prairie | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rita | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gus | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hogg | 11.4 miles | 9 |
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 Chriesman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5105649 | 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 1354467. 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.



