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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.

Galilee within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

315 since 1992

Regional 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 burning205
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism20
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R. 165
9 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15270 TIMBER HILL DR.
5 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 1130 AND CR 1141
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG TIMBER AND OLD CAMBELL
3 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1227 FIRE
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2020Flash FloodGalilee-A vehicle was submerged in high water on Greenbriar Road at Butler Creek just north of Lake Placid Road.
April 2019Flash FloodGalilee-County Road 1139 was closed at the intersection of Maple Drive in the Indian Creek area due to flooding.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindGalilee-Tree down across Dean Road between County Road 1130 and County Road 1113.
March 2016Flash FloodGalilee-Water over the roadway on CR. 1125 between Teton Road and CR. 1113.
April 2015Flash FloodGalilee-Numerous county roads were flooded in and around the Flint community. Greenbriar Road was flooded and closed as well.

Every storm recorded in Smith 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
Noonday2.4 miles16
Lee Spring4.8 miles14
Gresham4.9 miles14
Pine Trail Estates5.4 miles16
Flint6.0 miles14
Dogwood City7.8 miles16
Teaselville8.3 miles16
Copeland8.5 miles14

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.