Fitze, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75946. It stands on Village Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garrison West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mount Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Garrison West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Fitze between 1992 and 2020, burning about 897 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 213 |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 516 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3291 |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fitze: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Acme Brick Company Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Garrison Plant & Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fitze in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Fitze | $1,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down on FM 95 just north of CR 289. Several trees were downed and snapped, and a small storage building was destroyed. The tornado tracked north a half mile then dissipated. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitze | - | Trees were downed and a chicken house was destroyed northeast of the Appleby community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Holly Springs | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Garrison | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pisgah | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Appleby | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Point | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| North Redland | 7.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379771. 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.






