Galilee, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tyler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75762. It stands on Taylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chandler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Chandler quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
315 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Galilee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,434 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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 | 205 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R. 165 |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15270 TIMBER HILL DR. |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1130 AND CR 1141 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG TIMBER AND OLD CAMBELL |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1227 FIRE |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galilee in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 4 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Galilee | - | A vehicle was submerged in high water on Greenbriar Road at Butler Creek just north of Lake Placid Road. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Galilee | - | County Road 1139 was closed at the intersection of Maple Drive in the Indian Creek area due to flooding. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galilee | - | Tree down across Dean Road between County Road 1130 and County Road 1113. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Galilee | - | Water over the roadway on CR. 1125 between Teton Road and CR. 1113. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Galilee | - | Numerous county roads were flooded in and around the Flint community. Greenbriar Road was flooded and closed as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noonday | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lee Spring | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gresham | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Trail Estates | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Flint | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Dogwood City | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Teaselville | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Copeland | 8.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378339. 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.






