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Fostoria, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77328. The Survey maps it on the Fostoria quadrangle.

Fostoria within Montgomery 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Fostoria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,876 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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 burning131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
5 September 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNA
5 September 2012Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 392
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
29 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODS FIRE
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In Texasnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fostoria: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
Cleveland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fostoria in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 2 hail. 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
March 2009HailFostoria$15,000Baseball-sized hail was reported along State Highway 105.
May 2011HailFostoria$10,000Tennis ball to tea cup size hail occurred in southern San Jacinto county.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Security3.9 miles13
Midline4.8 miles13
Lake Spendora6.3 miles13
Splendora6.4 miles13
Forest Estates6.7 miles13
Deerwood7.2 miles13
Hill and Dale Terrace7.9 miles13
Deerbrook7.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381210. 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.