BlockGruenau, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yorktown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78164. The Survey maps it on the New Davy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Davy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Gruenau between 2005 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 1 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY LINE |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT CULLPEPPER |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARY STEHLING |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANK KOZIELSKI RD. |
| 30 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL SITE WINGNUT LEO NELSON RD. |
| 15 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVELL BLAIN |
| 28 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARLTON BOLTING |
| 27 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GINGER BAKER / DON ROEDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gruenau in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gruenau | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 45 knots, pushed a travel trailer off its blocks. This storm also produced penny size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Davy | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Old Davy | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kubala Store | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Nopal | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Garfield | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cotton Patch | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Yorktown | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Westhoff | 10.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q122568824 | 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 1379867. 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.