Homer, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Huntington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75901. The Survey maps it on the Lufkin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Homer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 953 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 30 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 | 134 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 655 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1084-5 |
| 25 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCOTT MOOREHEAD |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Homer: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Clark Bentonite Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| General Mills | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Southern Clay Products Pit | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homer in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Homer | $20,000 | Old Homer Alto Road southeast of Lufkin, Texas was completely washed out. A car ran across the high water and collapsed into the torrent of water that used to be the road. There were no report of injuries. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | - | Trees were snapped and uprooted, and a large horse stable was destroyed on Casey Road in the Fuller Springs community southeast of Lufkin. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | - | A tree was downed across Spring Meadow Drive southeast of Lufkin, Texas. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Homer | - | Hail fell in the Bald Hill community. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Homer | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in high water over FM 1475...FM 326 and U.S. Hwy 69 south near Buck Creek southeast of Lufkin, Texas. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | - | Trees and powerlines were downed in parts of the county east of Lufkin, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Springs | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Huntington | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bald Hill | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dunagan | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Herty | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Alco | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lufkin | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Flat | 6.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Homer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5889908 | 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 1359485. 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.







