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Estes, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hallsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75602. The Survey maps it on the Lakeport quadrangle.

Estes within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 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

550 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 550 fires within 5 miles of Estes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,358 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 22 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 burning257
Missing data/not specified/undetermined174
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking9
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARRISON 22:15
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-0012699
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-25628
8 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service412 WALTER
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-20225
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000257
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-24851
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000245

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison 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 Estes: 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
Ingram PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

6 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estes in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Flash FloodEstes-Multiple county roads across Harrison County were flooded and closed.
April 2025Flash FloodEstes-Multiple county roads across Harrison County were flooded and closed.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEstes-Trees and power lines were downed near Eastman Chemical Company.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEstes-A 60 mph wind gust was measured at the Eastman Chemical Company southeast of Longview, which resulted in some structural damage.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEstes-Trees were downed on FM 968 at Lancing Switch Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEstes-A tree was blown down on Quail Lane.

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Gum Springs1.6 miles16
Longview Heights4.7 miles13
Lansing5.3 miles13
Hallsville6.7 miles13
Noonday9.0 miles13
Friendship (historical)10.3 miles13
Mulberry Springs11.6 miles13
Carterville12.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379737. 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.