BlockGrand Cane, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardin-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77327. The Survey maps it on the Davis Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Davis Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Grand Cane between 1996 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 65 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 962 |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 964 |
| 14 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 115 |
| 31 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NA |
| 28 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 69 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grand Cane: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Hill Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity River Lake Estates | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Vanva Settlement | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sam Houston | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Coushatta Village | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Franklin | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Jacob Settlement | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Big Thicket Loblolly | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ducat Settlement | 4.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377119. 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.