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Connell, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Vidor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77662. The Survey maps it on the Terry quadrangle.

Connell within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Connell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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 burning46
Arson/incendiarism37
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2011Debris and open burning7.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 863
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 696
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 668
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 238
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 621
2 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Connell: 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Port Neches Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1928
Rose City PitSilicaProducer
Rose City Sand PitSilicaProducer
Beeco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
L O Block Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Larry Tinkle Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Connell in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindConnell$3,000A spotter reported trees and power lines down onto Concord Street Vidor.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindConnell$2,000A tree was uprooted and fell into a street.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindConnell$2,000A tree was blown down along Highway 105 in south Vidor.
May 2020Flash FloodConnell-Several roads were flooded and closed in Vidor including the I-10 service road. Water approached some homes in the area.
July 2012Flash FloodConnell-Heavy rain across Jefferson and Orange Counties caused many roads to be flooded. Cars were stalled in an underpass in Central Gardens, water approached some homes in Fannet after overflowing the ditches, and many flooded streets were reported around Mauriceville and Bridge City.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindConnell-Trees and power lines were blown down along FM 1131.
July 2009HailConnell-Orange County Rural Fire Department reported nickel size hail southeast of Vidor.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Lakewood2.1 miles13
Vidor2.3 miles15
Maple Crest Acres2.4 miles13
Rose City3.0 miles19
Terry3.3 miles16
Doty4.8 miles13
Lawson Crossing5.4 miles15
Oilla5.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378153. 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.