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Maynard, 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 77358. The Survey maps it on the Maynard quadrangle.

Maynard within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Maynard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,186 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 25 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 burning63
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
9 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON-8071
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasROAD 299
30 September 2011Natural9.6 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasDABNEY
30 September 2011Natural13 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 961
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
28 September 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 44
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined207 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 34

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Maynard: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Strontium. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownStrontiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Jacinto County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maynard in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2001Thunderstorm WindMaynard$15,000Trees and power lines down along FM 1725.
February 2005HailMaynard$10,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Jacinto 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
Waverly1.2 miles13
Old Waverly1.4 miles13
Pumpkin2.9 miles13
Evergreen5.4 miles13
Spring Hill7.3 miles13
Bear Creek7.6 miles13
Magnolia7.6 miles13
Oak Grove8.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382245. 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.