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Geneva, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Milam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75972. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle.

Geneva within Sabine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Geneva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 488 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 699
1 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1805 KING'S RD. (FIRE)
9 August 2012Natural7.0 acresLivingston AreaWOODVILLE - 9079
7 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND FIRE
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1045 ANTHONY LN.(FIRE)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sabine County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2010Tornado (EF1)Geneva$40,000Numerous large trees were toppled and uprooted while many other trees had their tops snapped off. One home had suffered roof damage with most of its shingles blown off. Another home had its storage shed completely destroyed.
April 2023HailGeneva-Golfball size hail fell near the Geneva community.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Several trees were snapped and downed along County Line Road near the Geneva community.
August 2017Flash FloodGeneva-Water was over Highway 21 at the Maddux Creek bridge near FM 330 and FM 3448.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Numerous trees were downed along Hwy. 21 near Hwy. 103 as well as FM. 330 and FM. 1751.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A few trees were downed along Hwy. 21 near Pendleton Crossing.

Every storm recorded in Sabine 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
Isla4.3 miles14
Milam4.9 miles11
Rosevine5.0 miles10
Sexton5.9 miles14
Hemphill10.1 miles11
Strickland Crossing10.4 miles11
Bronson10.5 miles12
Sabinetown12.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381908. 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.