BlockFresenius, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Silsbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77656. It stands on Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deserter Baygall quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Silsbee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Deserter Baygall quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Fresenius between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,882 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 32 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 | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 207 |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 190 |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 688 |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 440 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 652 |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 57 |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Big Thicket National Park | TFS 625 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fresenius in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Fresenius | $150,000 | Multiple reports of flooded and closed roadways was received from Hardin County during the heavy rain event. The heaviest rain fell on the 10th when 3 to 6 inches of rain fell in the morning. At least 9 homes were flooded. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Fresenius | - | Stream gauges near Silsbee and Bevil Oaks indicated water rose out out of the banks of Mill Creek and Little Pine Island Bayou. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fresenius | - | Power lines were downed between Kountze and Silsbee. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Fresenius | - | Mill Creek exceeded bank full which caused flooding of nearby streets. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Fresenius | - | A photo of quarter size hail was posted on social media. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Fresenius | - | A photo of golf ball size hail was posted to social media. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Fresenius | - | Five inches of rain during the morning of the 10th flooded some roadways north of Silsbee including Craven Camp Road and Turtle Drive. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Fresenius | - | One inch in diameter hail was reported south of Silsbee. |
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.
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 Q1455667 | 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 1379802. 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.
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.