BlockKeith, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Anderson-Bedias census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77861. The Survey maps it on the Keith quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Carlos quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Keith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Keith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 970 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10529 CR 174 |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 30 |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 904 |
| 10 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keith in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | $6,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees between Iola and Keith and also downed a tree that blocked Highway 30 outside of Roans Prairie. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ferguson Crossing | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Singleton | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Piedmont | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Iola | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Roans Prairie | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Erwin | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cross | 11.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380021. 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.