Midyett, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the De Berry-Deadwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75639. The Survey maps it on the River Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1945 USGS Socagee Bayou quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS River Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Midyett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 10 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 burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 222 |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 484 |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 481 |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 209 |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Natural | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 119 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midyett in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midyett | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midyett | - | Trees downed south of De Berry. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midyett | - | An NWS Storm Survey was conducted south/southeast of De Berry TX, finding sporadic wind damage. A few snapped trees and large tree branches were found downed along FM Road 123 between County Road 323 and Oilfield Road. More tree damage was found along Oilfield Road, with a few snapped trunks along with large limbs and branches down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midyett | - | Trees downed on FM Road 123 south of De Berry. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midyett | - | A 58 mph wind gust was recorded at the Texas Water Development Board Mesonet site south of De Berry. |
| November 2018 | Flash Flood | Midyett | - | FM 123 just east of Highway 79 southwest of DeBerry was flooded and closed near Mill Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Hill | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| DeBerry | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| De Berry | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Centennial | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hudson Mast | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Deadwood | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Horton | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove | 9.0 miles | 13 |
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 Midyett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122561305 | 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 2034795. 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.





