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Herty, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lufkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75901. The Survey maps it on the Lufkin quadrangle.

Herty within Angelina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

305 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Herty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,576 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 50 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 burning175
Arson/incendiarism50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/WOODS/FM 2251
7 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 694
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 655
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 667
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 662
30 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Herty: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bennett Clark Bentonite PitBentonitePast Producer
General MillsBentoniteProducer
Southern Clay Products PitBentoniteProducer
Unnamed PitBentonitePast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Angelina County

Storms near this place

10 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herty in 10 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Flash FloodHerty-Several country roads flooded across Angelina County including FM Road 324, 843 and 706. Several Lufkin city streets also flooded, including a bridge washout on Wilton Street off of Paul Avenue.
March 2022HailHerty-Golfball size hail fell on the southeast side of Lufkin.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHerty-A porch attached to a home was damaged. Large limbs were also downed as well near the home.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindHerty-A roof was blown off of a building at the Al Meyer Ford dealership in East Lufkin, which contributed to a partial collapse of an exterior wall. Several trees were also blown down in the area.
December 2018Flash FloodHerty-Bartmess Drive was flooded and closed.
May 2017HailHerty-Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 69 in Lufkin.
December 2014Thunderstorm WindHerty-Large tree limbs greater than two inches in diameter were downed in Herty, Texas.
March 2014HailHerty-Hail fell on the north side of Lufkin, Texas.
May 2014Flash FloodHerty-Numerous county roads in the northern section of the county were closed due to flooding.
May 2017HailHerty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Angelina County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lufkin2.7 miles14
Cedar Grove3.3 miles15
Davisville3.5 miles15
Moffitt3.6 miles15
Keltys3.6 miles11
Dunagan3.7 miles14
Redland3.9 miles15
River Crest Estates4.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1359085. 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.