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Evergreen, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77331. The Survey maps it on the Coldspring quadrangle.

Evergreen within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 510 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
9 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON-8071
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasFOURTH-FIVE ACRE
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNA
30 September 2011Natural9.6 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasDABNEY
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasJD
29 September 1992Debris and open burning11 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto 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 Evergreen: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Jacinto County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evergreen in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindEvergreen1 hurtTrees were blown down near 150 and FM 2693 and a vehicle was struck by a fallen tree. The driver only sustained minor injuries.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEvergreen$25,000Power lines down in the Evergreen area along FM 945 South.
October 1997Tornado (F0)Evergreen$20,000This tornado touched down in the Bear Creek Community. Damage was mostly trees but a volunteer fire department building was heavily damaged.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Evergreen$10,000Tornado damaged some trees near Evergreen.
October 1997HailEvergreen$10,000Hail in the Bear Creek Community.
February 2005HailEvergreen$10,000no account filed
April 1996HailEvergreen$5,000no account filed
November 2006Flash FloodEvergreen$2,000Numerous roads flooded between Old Waverly and Evergreen.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-Multiple trees were downed in and around Highway 150.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-Trees and power lines were downed all across the FM 1725 and FM 945 areas.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-A tree was downed.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-Trees had their tops broken off, and the trees fell across the streets near intersection of FM 1725 and Dabney Bottom Road.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-Trees downed near Evergreen by thunderstorm winds.
May 2015Flash FloodEvergreen-Roads were closed due to flooding throughout the Sam Houston National Forest and around the Lake Livingston Dam.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of FM 3081 and FM 1725.

Every storm recorded in San Jacinto 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
Spring Hill2.0 miles13
Pumpkin2.6 miles13
Laurel Hill3.2 miles13
Maynard5.4 miles13
Magnolia5.9 miles13
Liberty Hill6.0 miles13
Coldspring6.2 miles13
Waverly6.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381852. 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.