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Mossy Grove, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77320. It stands on White Oak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Steep Branch quadrangle.

Mossy Grove within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Mossy Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,596 acres in total. 13 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use29 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 243
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 373
20 September 2011Natural57 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 923
2 September 2000Natural93 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 364
19 September 2011Natural1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 921
14 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service8073
13 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 315
12 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 399

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mossy Grove in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Flash FloodMossy Grove$20,000A section of FM 2989 was washed out by floodwaters near Falba Cemetery.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMossy Grove$15,000Trees and powerlines down in the northwest part of the county.
May 2015Flash FloodMossy Grove$4,000Flash flood from heavy rains resulted in several road closures, including FM 247 at Bedias Creek, Birdwell Road and Pool Road.
January 2024Flash FloodMossy Grove-FM 1375 was closed near Winters Bayou.
January 2024Flash FloodMossy Grove-FM 2989 was closed near Bedias Creek.
February 2024FloodMossy Grove-Heavy rain from thunderstorms resulted in flooding along FM2989 at Bedias Creek.
May 2024Flash FloodMossy Grove-Portions of FM 2989 in Walker County were impassable due to flash flooding.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMossy Grove-Trees were downed near Hopewell Road.
April 2021Flash FloodMossy Grove-FM 2989 was closed due to floodwaters making the road impassable.
October 2018Flash FloodMossy Grove-There were flooded roadways that included Round Prairie Road and FM 2989.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Crabbs Prairie8.7 miles11
Pine Prairie11.1 miles13
Wesley Grove11.7 miles10
Loma12.2 miles10
Galilee12.2 miles10
Huntsville13.8 miles14
Pine Hill15.5 miles14
Kittrell15.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380888. 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.