Klump, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77833. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Welcome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Welcome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Klump between 2008 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290/OLD BURTON ROAD |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3671 FM 109 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 365 SHADY ACRES LANE |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 105 LANGE LAKE ROAD |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARMER FIRE |
| 15 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4805 FM 2502 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Klump: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenham Dome Prospect | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Occurrence | Halite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klump in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klump | - | Trees were downed near the intersection of FM 389 and Sawmill Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klump | - | Large trees were downed at the intersection of Dogwood Road and Adamek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wesley | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Greenvine | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Muellersville | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Berlin | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Latium | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Zionville | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Brenham | 5.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378530. 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.




