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Lueders, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lueders census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79533. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lueders East quadrangle.

Lueders within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

27 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Lueders between 2005 and 2019, burning about 2,502 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution645 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDC3
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLUFF CREEK FIRE
12 August 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceARMSTRONG
3 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9702
24 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use36 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lueders: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Uranium. 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
Unnamed PitsLimestone, General, UraniumProducerSedimentary
Featherlite Corp Limestone OperLimestone, DimensionProducer
Lueders QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lueders in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLueders$10,000Power lines and trees blown down.
March 2020HailLueders-The Jones County Sheriffs office reported golf ball size hail along Texas Highway 6 in Lueders.
October 2017HailLueders-An employee at the County 4 store in Lueders reported ping pong size hail.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLueders-Small branches were broken by straight line thunderstorm winds in Lueders.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLueders-Law enforcement reported power lines down in Lueders.
June 2009Flash FloodLueders-Jones County Sheriff's Office reported water over Farm to Market Road 600 between US Highway 180 and Avoca.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindLueders-Several buildings had moderate damage in the town of Lueders.
May 2018HailLueders-no account filed
April 2016HailLueders-no account filed
June 2014HailLueders-no account filed
April 2011HailLueders-no account filed
May 2011HailLueders-no account filed
April 2008Flash FloodLueders-no account filed
April 2007HailLueders-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Lueders-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Lueders-no account filed
April 1993HailLueders-no account filed
April 1993HailLueders-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Avoca6.8 miles11
Nugent7.9 miles12
Funston10.2 miles11
New Hope10.6 miles11
Phantom Hill11.3 miles12
Fort Phantom Hill (historical)12.1 miles12
Corinth13.8 miles11
Stamford13.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1340730. 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.