Hartburg, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Deweyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77632. The Survey maps it on the Hartburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bessmay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hartburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Hartburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,434 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 41 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 | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2005 | Natural | 130 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 224 |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 853 |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 963 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 254 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 255 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hartburg: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deweyville Dredge & Plant | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Teal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartburg in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Hartburg | $850,000 | This tornado crossed from Orange County into Newton County, damaging|several homes and garages in Hartburg. Max estimated wind speed was 130 MPH. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Hartburg | $30,000 | Thunderstorms trained over the same area through the afternoon and evening across portions of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Between 10 and 14 inches of rain flooded and closed roadways across northern and central Newton County. Water was around one and a half foot deep in some roadways around Burkville. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartburg | $2,000 | A storage shed was flipped on its side along county road 4191 in Hartburg. |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Hartburg | $1,000 | A tornado briefy touched down, knocking large branches down from some trees. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Hartburg | - | Heavy rain trained across southern and central sections of Newton County for several hours on already saturated soil. This produced roadways that were flooded out and closed for many hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruliff | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Deweyville | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Salem | 19.6 miles | 9 | |
| Trout Creek | 24.9 miles | 9 | |
| Call | 25.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sandjack | 26.5 miles | 12 | |
| Adsul | 26.9 miles | 9 | |
| Harrells | 28.4 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 Q122545818 | 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 1337420. 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.




