BlockDanevang, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the El Campo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77437. The Survey maps it on the Danevang quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Danevang quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Danevang between 2008 and 2011, burning about 193 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1455 CR 450 |
| 5 July 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9000 CR 409 |
| 24 October 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 71N |
| 17 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4900 CR 403 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danevang in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 5 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Danevang | $55,000 | Tornado touch down at FM 2674 and FM County Road 324 west of Highway 71. Caused roof and porch damage to a home and damaged two mobile homes. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Danevang | $40,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danevang | $3,000 | Damage to large barn's metal roofing off of CR 434. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Danevang | - | Quarter sized hail damaged an agricultural field near the intersection of CR 407 and CR 414. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Danevang | - | A funnel cloud was sited from Highway 71 between El Campo and Danevang. |
| September 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Danevang | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near the intersection of FM 414 and FM 1162 just to the southeast of El Campo. |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Danevang | - | Spotted on CR 324 outside of Danevang. |
| April 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Danevang | - | Sighted at Hwy 71 on the Wharton-Matagorda county line. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Danevang | - | Sighted near the intersection of FM 418 and Hwy 71. |
| June 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Danevang | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Danevang | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5215915 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1355629. 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.