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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1926 USGS Terry quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Terry quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Terry quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 863 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 696 |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 668 |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 238 |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 621 |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Neches Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1928 | |
| Rose City Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Rose City Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Beeco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| L O Block Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Larry Tinkle Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rose City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connell | $3,000 | A spotter reported trees and power lines down onto Concord Street Vidor. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connell | $2,000 | A tree was uprooted and fell into a street. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connell | $2,000 | A tree was blown down along Highway 105 in south Vidor. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Connell | - | Several roads were flooded and closed in Vidor including the I-10 service road. Water approached some homes in the area. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Connell | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connell | - | Trees and power lines were blown down along FM 1131. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Connell | - | Orange County Rural Fire Department reported nickel size hail southeast of Vidor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Vidor | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Maple Crest Acres | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rose City | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Terry | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Doty | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lawson Crossing | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Oilla | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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.






