BlockLaurel Hill, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77331. It stands on Kiamata Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coldspring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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
- 1960 USGS Coldspring quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Coldspring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Laurel Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | FOURTH-FIVE ACRE |
| 29 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | BIG PIT |
| 11 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 886 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Evergreen | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Springs | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coldspring | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wolf Creek | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pumpkin | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Stephen Creek | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Hill | 6.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382126. 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.