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Lindenau, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westhoff-Arneckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77954. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cuero quadrangle.

Lindenau within DeWitt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

76 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Lindenau between 2005 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJUNIPER / CEDAR TREE
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINSLOW
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID WITH YORKTOWN
1 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAY BALE FIRE
5 August 2008Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARK HALESPASKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeWitt 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 Lindenau: 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
C W and A IncorporatedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in DeWitt County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lindenau in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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
August 2017FloodLindenau$3,000,000The maximum rainfall recorded in DeWitt County was 22.99 inches near Yoakum with multiple reports of 10-15 inches. This caused widespread flash flooding as well as river flooding on the Guadalupe River. As many as 100 houses were affected by high water in and around Cuero. The Guadalupe River at Cuero crested at 44.36 feet, it's second highest crest on record. Damages due to flooding and river flooding is estimated from Emergency Management to be near 3 million dollars.
February 2026HailLindenau-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail on Smith Ranch Rd. west of Cuero.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLindenau-Large tree limbs were reported down by the public west of the city of Cuero.

Every storm recorded in DeWitt 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
Cuero4.6 miles10
Buchel5.1 miles10
Kubala Store7.2 miles10
Westhoff7.5 miles9
Concrete9.3 miles10
Edgar9.4 miles10
Arneckeville10.1 miles7
Verhelle10.7 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 LindenauAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22073214The 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 1377683. 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.