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Curtis, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. It stands on Boggy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jasper West quadrangle.

Curtis within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

343 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,227 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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 burning217
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 140 GRASS FIRE
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 129
6 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 193
5 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceR2011-09-09
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceR2011-09-08
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceR2011-09-80
30 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Curtis: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Plant No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 2024Flash FloodCurtis$50,000The Jasper County 911 Center reported water over the intersection of FM 2799 and County Road 166. Several vehicles attempted to drive through and stalled. TXDOT closed the road.
October 2013Flash FloodCurtis$50,000Heavy rain from training thunderstorms fell across Jasper County and neighboring Tyler County for multiple hours. This produce flooding across the region as near 6 inches of rain fell. The high rainfall rates caused flooding around the city of Jasper closing streets, flooding of at least one car, and flooding a couple of houses.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCurtis$20,000The public reported trees and power poles down along County Road 84.
May 2019Flash FloodCurtis$5,000Heavy rain produced flooded roads around the town of Jasper. One residence had water enter the structure east of the town.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCurtis$4,000Trees were downed onto County Roads 23, 28, 29, and 62 in Northwest Jasper County.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCurtis$3,000Trees down along Recreation Road at Highway 63.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCurtis$2,000Trees were downed onto power lines during a thunderstorm.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCurtis$2,000Trees were reported blown down on power lines just south of the Boykin Springs Recreational Area.
February 2013Thunderstorm WindCurtis$2,000Jasper Sheriffs Department relayed a public report of trees blown down about 8 miles west of Jasper from a severe storm.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCurtis$2,000Two trees were blown down near Highway 255.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindCurtis$1,000Jasper County Sheriff Office reported a tree fell across Highway 255 at the intersection with Highway 63 near Ebenezer.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCurtis-Trees were blown down five miles northwest of Ebenezer.
May 2009HailCurtis-The public reported penny size hail in the Ebenezer community.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Jasper3.6 miles9
Science Hall4.7 miles13
Spring Hill4.8 miles13
Bevilport4.8 miles15
Beech Grove5.4 miles13
New Blox5.9 miles9
Blox6.0 miles9
Collins7.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379622. 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.