Climax, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75961. The Survey maps it on the Redland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Redland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Redland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Climax between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,140 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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 | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7100 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAS FIRE |
| 28 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7113 |
| 19 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 135 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Climax in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Climax | - | Multiple streets were flooded and closed across the south side of Nacogdoches. Flooding of roads were widespread across Nacogdoches County. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | A tree was blown down at the 400 block of CR 635. |
| January 2022 | Hail | Climax | - | Quarter size hail fell just north of the Angelina/Nacogdoches County line on Highway 59. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | A large tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 7 and County Road 761. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Climax | - | Water was across Highway 7 west of FM 2782. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Climax | - | Numerous road closures including CR. 271, 280, 274, 833, 723, 220, 250, 106 as well as FM 2864 and FM 955 south. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacyville | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Poe | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bonaldo | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Plainview | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hayward Junction | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fredonia Hill | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Orton Hill | 8.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381666. 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.







