Grice, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75644. The Survey maps it on the Thomas 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
- 1960 USGS Thomas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
392 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Grice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,523 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 17 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 | 223 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 2015 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0282 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOX ROAD GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SQUIRREL RD BRUSH FIRE |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UPSHUR 13:27 |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1002 COMMAND |
| 4 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 556 TREE FIRE |
| 4 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 647 |
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 Grice: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grice in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 | Hail | Grice | - | A photo was posted to the KLTV Facebook page of golfball size hail that fell in the Grice community. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grice | - | A tree was downed at FM 852 and Ocelot Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soules Chapel | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rhonesboro | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rosewood | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Simpsonville | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Thomas | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Enon | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kelsey | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Piney Grove | 6.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378386. 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.




