BlockCourtney, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Navasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77868. The Survey maps it on the Courtney quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Navasota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Courtney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Courtney between 2000 and 2020, burning about 285 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEADER CREEK |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | J. WEAVER APARIES |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID WOLF |
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14733 S SH6 |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 360 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Courtney in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2016: 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Courtney | $200,000 | Large damage path extended from a large commercial metal building across a ranchers property and on east into a wooded area. The large metal building and a house of the property were destroyed. Around this area and in wooded area numerous large trees were uprooted and snapped. Worst of the damage was consistent with EF2 rating. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Courtney | $100,000 | Large number of large trees uprooted west of Route 6. Just east a home had its roof taken off. Damage was consistent with EF2 rating. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Courtney | $50,000 | Large metal barn torn off foundation and large trees down at CR 323 and CR 325. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Grove | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Whitehall | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Yarboro | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Navasota | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Stoneham | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pinebrook | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Plantersville | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Todd | 11.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1333528. 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.