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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 113 #1 |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN BAN VIOLATION |
| 29 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICK FOSTER |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIRGINIA THORNSEN |
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALAZAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | $200,000 | Severe 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 1999 | Hail | Lincoln | $100,000 | Hail of up to golfball size damaged cars and trucks just west of Lincoln. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | $30,000 | Trees were blown over by severe thunderstorm winds along US21 between Lincoln and Manheim. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | $10,000 | Thunderstorms 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Lincoln | $6,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down a tree on US 77 north of Giddings. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Lincoln | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow across the intersection of Highways 21 and 77. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Lincoln | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loebau | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Doak Springs | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fedor | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Manheim | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Leo | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Giddings | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sweet Home | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Old Dime Box | 8.2 miles | 9 |
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 Lincoln | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981512 | The 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.



