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Lake Tejas, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77371. It stands on Dry Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rayburn quadrangle.

Lake Tejas within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Lake Tejas between 1992 and 2019, burning about 758 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 burning144
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAILROAD AVE @ CASTLEBERRY
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3109 CHERRY CREEK EAST
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN JACINTO 17:44
6 September 2012Debris and open burning8.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8065
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2891 FM 2666
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceINDUSTRIAL BLVD
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWRIGHT BLVD @ TIDWELL
30 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service71 POST OAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lake Tejas: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dolen No. 12 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Fitch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Jacinto 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
Lake Water Wheel1.7 miles13
Strington1.9 miles13
Napier4.1 miles12
Shepherd4.2 miles13
Westcott6.6 miles12
Urbana7.1 miles12
Drews Landing7.2 miles12
Liberty Hill11.6 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122559815The 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 2034975. 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.