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East Tempe, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. It stands on East Tempe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle.

East Tempe within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of East Tempe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning121
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 875
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 935
21 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Tempe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Goodrich Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Tempe in 2 storm reports in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
July 2017Tornado (EF0)East Tempe$40,000The tornado was spotted off of Highway 190 west of Livingston. The tornado was reported to damage some storage facility roofs.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Tempe-Trees were downed on FM 350 South.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
West Livingston1.0 miles12
Moore Hill2.7 miles12
Livingston2.8 miles12
Lamont3.6 miles12
Blanchard4.4 miles12
Swartout4.6 miles12
Tigerville4.7 miles12
West Tempe4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034985. 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.