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Massey Lake, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montalba-Tennessee Colony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75861. The Survey maps it on the Tennessee Colony quadrangle. It stands 289 feet above sea level.

Massey Lake within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Massey Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 986 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBETO UNIT FIRE
30 September 2010Debris and open burning1.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINKLE CONSTRUCTION
24 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCATFISH CREEK
21 September 2000Natural6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 557
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 451
2 September 1993Smoking5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUCKLEY
17 September 1999Debris and open burning85 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massey Lake in 2 storm reports in 2013: 1 flood, 1 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
October 2013Flash FloodMassey Lake$150,000Numerous roads were closed due to flash flooding that resulted from heavy thunderstorms that produced 4-8 of rain across the county in less than 8 hours. Portions of Highway 79 in Palestine were closed. Part of Highway 79 between Palestine and Tucker were also closed. Numerous other roads in Palestine were impassable including Reagan, Azell, Bassett, North Sycamore Rd near Ezell and Green Street. CR 2201 at Salt Works Rd, and CR 2715 and 2301 were also closed. One home on CR 2301 was flooded with 6 of water when Lake Creek overflowed its banks. FM 312 in Frankston was washed out. FM 321 at HWY 287 in Tennessee Colony was impassable. FM 321 between Tennessee Colony and Neches was closed in some places. FM 320 was closed near Harmony. A woman was trapped in her vehicle on FM 645 in Tucker due to high water, and FM 645 north of Tucker was also partially closed. Also, parts of FM 315, US 79 from Westwood to FM 645, FM 645 to FM 320, CR 2054, FM 321 to CR 2706, CRs 2223, 2401, 2504, 2303, & 2311 were closed or damaged. In many locations, it took the water several days to recede or the roads were closed for at least a week due to damage to the roads and/or culverts.
October 2013FloodMassey Lake-Flooding continued across Anderson County after 4-8 of rain fell over the area. The water took several hours to recede. Several roads remained closed and some roads were damaged by the flood waters.

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Tennessee Colony2.2 miles12
Harmony5.4 miles12
Yard6.4 miles12
Greens Bluff6.7 miles12
Ward7.4 miles12
Bethel7.9 miles12
Montalba8.4 miles13
Blackfoot9.4 miles12

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 Massey LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48851721The 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 1378648. 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.