BlockMillheim, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sealy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77474. It stands on Swearingen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sealy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sealy quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Sealy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Millheim between 1998 and 2020, burning about 957 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAT SPRING/ PLESS |
| 20 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRIESMEYER |
| 18 August 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1094 GRASS FIRE |
| 27 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ HWY 36 SOUTH |
| 23 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millheim in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millheim | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a home and spread debris out at least 1/4 mile from the property. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Millheim | - | Dime size hail occurred near Sealy. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cat Spring | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Macedonia | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bellville | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Burleigh | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sealy | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| New Bremen | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| San Felipe | 9.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378684. 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.