BlockEgypt, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Bernard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77436. The Survey maps it on the Egypt quadrangle. It stands 131 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.
- 1952 USGS Egypt 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
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Egypt in 2009, burning about 258 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2009 | Natural | 83 acres | Attwater Prarie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge | RENZ FOOD PLOT FIRE |
| 24 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5900 FM 1161 |
| 19 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15400 FM 102 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Egypt in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 4 tornado, 4 hail, 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 1996 | Hail | Egypt | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Egypt | $100,000 | DPS reported tornado at CR 257 and FM 102 in Egypt. One home destroyed, one home damaged, five cars damaged, and one tractor damaged. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F2) | Egypt | $50,000 | The Wharton Newspaper reported large trees blown down, metal roofs blown off barns and water pump housings blown over on Farm-to-Market Road 2614 northwest of Egypt near the community of Bonus. There were numerous reports of street flooding in the Wharton vicinity. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Egypt | $18,000 | Minor damage on CR 267 near Valley Drive when a tree fell on a home; two nearby small buildings destroyed. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Egypt | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Egypt | $1,000 | Nickel-size hail. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Egypt | - | Brief touchdown. Tornado Damage Signature on radar. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Egypt | - | Funnel cloud on Hwy 90A between Eagle Lake and Lissie. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Egypt | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Ridge | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dorman | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bonus | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Glen Flora | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Elm Grove | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sorrelle | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Taiton (historical) | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hungerford | 8.5 miles | 8 |
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 Egypt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5348309 | 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 1335133. 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.