Golly, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westhoff-Arneckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77954. It stands on Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meyersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Meyersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Golly between 2005 and 2020, burning about 803 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 236 MOODY |
| 27 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORT ROAD FIRE |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MISSION VALLEY ACRES |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN BREWER |
| 6 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 616 |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 236 HAY BALES |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 236 HAY BALE #2 |
| 21 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LLOYD LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyersville | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Arneckeville | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Upper Meyersville | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Thomaston | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Verhelle | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cuero | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Yorktown | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lindenau | 13.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379842. 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.




