Morey, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. The Survey maps it on the Fannett West quadrangle.

Morey within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Fannett West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Fannett West quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

36 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Morey between 2008 and 2011, burning about 274 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Smoking	5
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
20 September 2009	Debris and open burning	120 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SHELLHAMMER RD FIRE
27 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	I-10 WEST BOUND FIRE
22 August 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	POWERS RD GRASS FIRE
15 August 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	I-10 EAST BOUND 832 FIRE
13 August 2009	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODVILLE - 207
7 July 2011	Natural	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	EAST HAMSHIRE RD GRASS FIRE
6 July 2011	Natural	1.5 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HAMSHIRE RD @ BRUSH ISLAND RD GRASS FIRE
16 July 2010	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ENGLIN RD BRUSH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Morey: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Fannett Dome Mine	Sulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite	Past Producer	Halite
	Fannett Dome Sulfur Mine	Sulfur	Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morey in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Morey	$25,000	South of Fannett, an area of a strong thunderstorms began bowing out leading to an increase in velocities. Tree damage began to become increasingly evident in a width extending from around Boondocks Road south of Fannett to just north of FM 365. Tree damage continued to be noted eastward into parts of Port Arthur, Groves and Nederland as the bow echo continued to fan outward. In this area, wind was estimated to be between around 60-80 MPH as the bow echo moved through. More severe tree damage and some minor outbuilding damage was noted in the community of La Belle and extending eastward along Garner Road where the bow velocities appeared at their maximum.
April 2009	Heavy Rain	Morey	-	A Jefferson County DD6 mesonet gauge located 1 mile east-northeast of Hamshire measured a six-hour rainfall total of 5.04 inches.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hamshire	2.1 miles	10
Fannett	3.5 miles	10
La Belle	6.5 miles	12
Galloway	7.3 miles	12
Taylor Landing	8.1 miles	9
Cheek	8.2 miles	12
Lovell Lake	9.3 miles	12
Hillebrandt	9.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380212. 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.