BlockGist, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Buna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77612. It lies near Myrtle Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Gist quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bessmay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Gist quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Gist between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,970 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 119 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 119 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 224 |
| 7 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 853 |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 656 |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gist in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Gist | $15,000,000 | Multi day rainfall amounts of 4 to 12 inches fell across Jasper County with the most falling on the 9th and 10th. Many roads experienced flooding with many closed. Multiple rescues were done during the event with people trapped inside flooded homes in Kirbyville and other towns. Around 136 homes had minor flooding, 82 had major flooding, and 5 were destroyed. Thirteen businesses also received major flooding damages. Most of the flooded structures were around Kirbyville. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gist | $45,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Gist | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gist | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gist | $5,000 | 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.
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 Gist | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28153486 | 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 1378358. 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.