BlockMagnolia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77328. It stands on Nebletts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bear Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bear Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Bear Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 825 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 33 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | FOURTH-FIVE ACRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NA |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | ROAD 299 |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 9.6 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | DABNEY |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 29 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | JD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty Hill | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Evergreen | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pumpkin | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Maynard | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Coldspring | 8.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382221. 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.