Keenan, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77316. The Survey maps it on the Keenan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Keenan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Keenan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 485 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 388 |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 428 |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 37 |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 35 |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 32 |
| 21 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 24 |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 190054979 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keenan in 2 storm reports in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Keenan | $6,000 | This EF-0 tornado downed or snapped several trees, including one on a trailer. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keenan | - | There were trees down across FM 2854 near Keenan Cutoff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honea | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gary | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Peel Junction | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Montgomery | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Karen | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Leonidas | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mostyn | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bobville | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378517. 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.




