Figridge, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Winnie-Stowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77665. The Survey maps it on the Stowell quadrangle.

Figridge within Chambers 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.

1943 USGS Stowell quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Stowell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Stowell quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Figridge between 1998 and 2013, burning about 1,412 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning	26
Arson/incendiarism	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	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
19 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge	WF SPINDLETOP BEND
22 July 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 650
16 July 2010	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ENGLIN RD BRUSH FIRE
15 July 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
14 July 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	ENGLIN RD FIRE
1 July 2008	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
21 June 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 229
20 June 1998	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stowell	1.9 miles	12
Sea Breeze	3.0 miles	10
Winnie	4.0 miles	12
Monroe City	11.1 miles	10
Double Bayou	14.2 miles	10
Hankamer	14.8 miles	12
Turtle Bayou	16.0 miles	12
Anahuac	16.2 miles	12

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.

Wikidata item Q122557643

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 1335785. 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.