BlockEastgate, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Liberty-Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77535. The Survey maps it on the Huffman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Huffman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Huffman quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huffman quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Eastgate between 2000 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIBERTY 14:02 |
| 26 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 99 |
| 30 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 145 |
| 10 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 222 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARRIS 16:50 |
| 31 October 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIBERTY 21:50 |
| 2 January 2006 | 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 Eastgate: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dayton Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1900 |
Storms near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastgate in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastgate | $500 | A SkyWarn spotter reported trees blown down near Eastgate. |
| December 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Eastgate | - | A video on social media from trained spotter showed a tornado on the ground in field northwest of Dayton. No damage was observed by survey teams. Wind speeds were estimated at 60 mph, at EF0 levels. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335043. 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.