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Lincoln, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lincoln-Dime Box census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78948. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Lincoln within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 477 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMILLER
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 113 #1
3 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURN BAN VIOLATION
29 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRICK FOSTER
29 September 2011Natural4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVIRGINIA THORNSEN
26 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSALAZAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006Thunderstorm WindLincoln$200,000Severe thunderstorms moved into Lee County in the late afternoon. They began producing severe winds as they approached US77, knocking down trees and power lines from near Lincoln eastward to near Dime Box. The storm also destroyed outbuildings and damaged several mobile homes along the path. Near Dime Box the storms destroyed several barns, with the damage estimated near $200,000.
May 1999HailLincoln$100,000Hail of up to golfball size damaged cars and trucks just west of Lincoln.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindLincoln$30,000Trees were blown over by severe thunderstorm winds along US21 between Lincoln and Manheim.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindLincoln$10,000Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph which blew down several trees and destroyed some buildings. A church gym was heavily damaged. Several trees were blown down along Highway 21 and throughout the county.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLincoln$10,000no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodLincoln$6,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLincoln$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down a tree on US 77 north of Giddings.
September 2009Flash FloodLincoln-Heavy rain caused water to flow across the intersection of Highways 21 and 77.
April 2001HailLincoln-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Loebau3.1 miles9
Doak Springs5.0 miles9
Fedor5.1 miles15
Manheim5.3 miles16
Leo5.5 miles9
Giddings7.4 miles8
Sweet Home7.8 miles10
Old Dime Box8.2 miles9

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.

Wikipedia article on LincolnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981512The 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 1339937. 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.