Lynchburg, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Baytown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77520. It lies near Hog Island. The Survey maps it on the Highlands quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1916 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1920 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lynchburg in 2011, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 831 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lynchburg: 4 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallisvill Road Barite Plant | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| (Facility) Exxon Baytown Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Baytown Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Highlands Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mantooth Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rightway Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynchburg in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynchburg | - | Wind gust occurred at mesonet station SCPT2 2200 Houston Ship Channel at Jua. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynchburg | - | Some trees were downed in the Channelview area. |
| April 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Lynchburg | - | Sighted by the Coast Guard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Gilbert Landing | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lynchburg Landing | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mantu | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Coady | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| McNair | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Highlands | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wooster | 2.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1340754. 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.











