Matinburg, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Leesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
374 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 374 fires within 5 miles of Matinburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,824 acres in total. 13 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 | 241 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3318 |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SQUIRREL RD BRUSH FIRE |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2632 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 2455 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6227 |
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1336 |
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Matinburg in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matinburg | - | Tree down in a pasture along FM2455. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matinburg | - | Trees were downed near CR. 556 southwest of Pittsburg, Texas. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Matinburg | - | Several trees were uprooted or snapped along County Road 3510 and near County Road 3322. No structural damage was noted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Hill | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pine | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Leesburg | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Newsome | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pittsburg | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rocky Mound | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pecan Heights | 8.8 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589527 | The 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 1378649. 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.




