Gladys, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the LaBelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. It lies near Spindletop Hill. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont East quadrangle.

Gladys within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1926 USGS Vidor quadrangle1:24000
1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gladys between 1996 and 2015, burning about 773 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
14 June 2011	Natural	300 acres	Livingston Area	LAMAR FIRE
31 May 2003	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODVILLE - 77
18 April 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	5100 N HWY 347
17 April 2010	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 111
14 April 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 103
24 March 2002	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODVILLE - 92
23 March 2002	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODVILLE - 89
19 March 1996	Debris and open burning	85 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gladys: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Bromine, Sulfur, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Spindletop Dome Mine	Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure	Past Producer	1950, 1952, 1976
Spindletop Wells	Bromine	Producer	Brine
Beaumont Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Producer
Maco Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sand
Spindletop Dome Sulfur Mine	Sulfur	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lucas	0.3 miles	12
Hebert	1.2 miles	12
Guffey	1.3 miles	19
Dowling	2.1 miles	19
Spindletop	2.1 miles	19
McFadden	2.4 miles	19
Zummo	2.7 miles	19
Central Gardens	3.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378359. 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.