Garwood, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Garwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77442. The Survey maps it on the Garwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Garwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Garwood in 2009, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2886 CR 475 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Garwood: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Arena Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Arena Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blue Roan Bend Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blue Roan Bend Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Plant No. 68 Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thorstenberg Arena Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garwood in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garwood | $21,500 | Windows blown out at Garwood Elementary School. Several trees blown down along HWY 71. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Garwood | $2,500 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Garwood | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Garwood | - | There was high water reported on FM 950 in Garwood. |
| July 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Garwood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldridge | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Boedecker Junction | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Nada | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Matthews | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Gwinns Crossing (historical) | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rayner Junction | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lakeside | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Altair | 8.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336419. 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.



