Fuqua, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardin-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77369. It stands on Meetinghouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Votaw quadrangle. It stands 115 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Votaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Fuqua between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,849 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2012 | Natural | 15 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8070 |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OUTLAW BEND BURN BAN |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 654 |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLK 15:59 |
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8083 |
| 10 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8079 |
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 Fuqua: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Trinity River Dredge Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fuqua in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Flash Flood | Fuqua | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall caused numerous road closures between the towns of Cleveland, Shepherd, and Segno. A rainfall total of 9.30 inches was recorded by a cooperative weather observer in the community of Ace. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoop and Holler | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Rye | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Marvels | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Big Thicket Creekmore Village | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Milvid | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Clark | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mason Lake Estates | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Romayor | 5.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Fuqua | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710465 | 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 1379814. 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.






