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Conville, 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 75972. It lies near Sixmile Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Chinquapin quadrangle.

Conville 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Conville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,350 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2

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
6 September 2013Fireworks15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7113
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7098
30 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 258
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 828
18 September 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN AUGUSTINE 17:06
16 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conville in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindConville-Numerous trees downed across San Augustine County and blocking roadways, including the intersection of Highway 103 and U.S. Highway 96.
March 2020HailConville-Quarter size hail was reported east of Chinaquapin or near the intersection of Highway 103 and Highway 96.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindConville-Trees were blown down across County Road 413.

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
Rebecca2.2 miles12
Venable2.4 miles12
Chinquapin3.0 miles12
Maxey Town3.2 miles12
Fords Corner4.4 miles12
Union Grave4.6 miles13
Sunrise5.2 miles12
Macune5.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889704. 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.