BlockGause, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gause-Milano census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77857. The Survey maps it on the Gause quadrangle. 275 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 371 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Gause quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Gause between 2005 and 2020, burning about 286 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROADSIDE PARK 79 |
| 19 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARRACUDA |
| 1 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GAUSE MUTUAL AID 2095 |
| 15 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRACK |
| 14 June 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 358 ABD CR 351 |
| 17 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIBBLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gause in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 | Gause | $20,000 | Parts of Highway 79 around the town of Gause were closed due to high water. Several people in vehicles got stuck along the highway around Gause, and some people were forced to spend the night in Gause. The water was reported to be waist deep at Highway 79 and FM 2095, where one person had to be helped to safety. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Gause | $20,000 | Widespread flooding was reported in Rockdale. Numerous streets were closed and Highway 79 west of Rockdale was closed due to high water. High water was also reported in parts of Milano and Cameron. FM 1915 at Big Elm Creek and FM 486 at the Little River had to be closed. Other county roads that were closed at some point during this time were CRs 119, 120, 147, 203, 230, 335, 402, 405, 408, 412, and 414. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gause | $7,000 | Projects for a theme park were destroyed at a property in the Gause area. An 88 ft and 32 ft prop were destroyed. Silos were also moved on the property. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gause | $1,000 | Damage was found approximately 1 mile west of CR 348 on Highway 79. A pole had been uprooted, sheet metal was in a tree, and a trailer was on it's side. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gause | $1,000 | A large tree was blown over a county road. |
| January 2021 | Hail | Gause | - | Quarter sized hail was reported northeast of Milano. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Gause | - | Dime sized hail in the Gause area. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gause | - | Emergency management reported several trees down across the southeastern portion of the county. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Gause | - | High water was reported over Highway 79 near the town of Gause and Highway 36 near Milano at 945 AM CST. Heavy rain continued to fall through the morning hours and by the early afternoon hours, high water was still being reported near the town of Gause along County Roads 326 and 347 and Highway 79. |
| October 1996 | Hail | Gause | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Gause | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville (historical) | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hanover | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Port Sullivan (historical) | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Liberty | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Branchville | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Milano | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hoyte | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Maysfield | 10.3 miles | 7 |
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 Gause | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5527808 | 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 1357931. 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.