Grand Bluff, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Beckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75631. It stands on Dillard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grand Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Darco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grand Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
274 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Grand Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,178 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 | 162 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-0086 |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6290 |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 482 |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6160 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2428 U.S. HWY 59 NORTH |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 154 C.R. 3051 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Bluff in 2 storm reports in 1994: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Bluff | $5,000 | A poultry barn was damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Grand Bluff | - | Several trees were blown down onto Highway 9. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sterrett Hill | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Horton | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Harris Chapel | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Riderville | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Beckville | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| River Hill | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hudson Mast | 7.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358252. 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.




