Monaville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hempstead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77445. The Survey maps it on the Sunny Side 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 Sunny Side quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Monaville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 90 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 26 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
| 23 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 16 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 26 July 2013 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monaville in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2006: 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2005 | Hail | Monaville | $30,000 | Baseball size hail. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monaville | $20,000 | Power poles snapped at intersection of FM 362 and FM 529. |
| October 2005 | Hail | Monaville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Monaville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Hail | Monaville | $5,000 | Nickel sized hail. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Monaville | - | High water on portions of Bell Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Side | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Island | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Clemons | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pattison | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lewisville | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Waller | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie View | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hempstead | 10.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1363046. 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.




