BlockDouble Bayou, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Anahuac census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77514. It stands on Chimney Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Oak Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oak Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Oak Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Double Bayou between 2008 and 2018, burning about 309 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS BRUSH FIRE |
| 4 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 345 |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/ BRUSH FIRE |
| 13 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 267 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Double Bayou in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 funnel cloud. 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 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Double Bayou | - | Funnel sighted near FM 1985 and Oyster Bayou. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Island | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Anahuac | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Monroe City | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Turtle Bayou | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Eminence | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hankamer | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wallisville | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Point | 12.8 miles | 15 |
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 Double Bayou | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5299668 | 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 1378220. 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.