Grayburg, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sour Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77659. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Sour Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Nome quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Grayburg between 1993 and 2018, burning about 922 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BATSON BRUSHFIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YATES BRUSHFIRE |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NULL |
| 7 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 197 |
| 6 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 105 HAYFIRE |
| 5 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 468 |
| 4 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9136 |
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 Grayburg: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sour Lake Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1901 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grayburg in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Grayburg | - | A couple of low water crossings near Batson flooded closing the roadways. Water also closed some roadways in Kountze and Silsbee. Cypress Bayou also went out of its banks. |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Grayburg | - | Multiple pictures of a funnel cloud were posted to social media in the Nome/Sour Lake area. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Grayburg | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sour Lake | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hathaway | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pinewood Estates | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Ridge | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Strain | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rattlesnake Bend | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Loeb | 12.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rose Hill Acres | 12.6 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49352238 | 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 1336883. 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.
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.





