Decker Prairie, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Magnolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77362. It stands on Cow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Magnolia East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Decker Prairie between 1992 and 2016, burning about 679 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 190 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Decker Prairie: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perlite of Houston Plant | Perlite | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Decker Prairie in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2012: 4 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Decker Prairie | $95,000 | Decker Oaks Subdivision flooding with units being evacuated. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Decker Prairie | $50,000 | Water rescues at FM 249 and Hardin Store Road. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Decker Prairie | $3,000 | Wright Road impassable near Noack Road due to flooding. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Decker Prairie | - | Route 249 at Hardin Store Road impassable due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehurst | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Stagecoach | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Oklahoma | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ventura | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mostyn | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Magnolia | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Egypt | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| The Woodlands | 8.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1334182. 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.




