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Moss Hill, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardin-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77575. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle.

Moss Hill within Liberty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Moss Hill between 1996 and 2017, burning about 240 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2

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
30 September 2011Natural65 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 962
3 July 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8038
22 July 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 405
19 July 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 407
17 July 2009Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 180
1 June 2003Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 80
23 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1706621-GRASS & WOODS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty 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 Moss Hill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Liberty Dredge & PlantSilicaProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

Every working recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moss Hill in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2004HailMoss Hill$50,0003/4 inch Hail on Highway 105 between Moss Hill and Tarkington Prairie.
October 2000HailMoss Hill$15,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMoss Hill$1,000Strong winds downed a large tree along State Highway 105 to the west of Liberty Lakes.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindMoss Hill-There was a snapped tree near the intersection of Sand Pit and CT 2095.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindMoss Hill-There were uprooted trees along CR 2097.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindMoss Hill-Multiple trees were downed along CR 2066.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Moss Hill-No damage.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindMoss Hill-Store owner in Moss Hill reported six-foot diameter tree down.
May 1995HailMoss Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Liberty 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
Jacob Settlement1.9 miles12
New Hope2.4 miles13
Mariam2.4 miles12
Ducat Settlement2.4 miles14
Tanner Settlement3.3 miles13
Coushatta Village3.5 miles12
Franklin3.5 miles12
Big Thicket Loblolly4.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378703. 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.