Nadeau, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77590. The Survey maps it on the Texas City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1929 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:25000
- 1943 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Galveston quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Nadeau between 2010 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. None 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 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3042 CEDAR |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR DR #2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 519 |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 412 AVE D |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2605 CORBETT |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR DR |
| 16 August 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH RIDGECREST FIRE |
| 6 July 2017 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7102 SPEAKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Nadeau: 5 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Vanadium, Tin, Molybdenum, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Amoco Texas Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Bay Materials Co | Clay, Silica | Producer | ||
| Gulf Chemical and Metallureical Co | Vanadium, Tin, Molybdenum, Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Hester Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Clay, Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Clay, Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heights | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| La Marque | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City Junction | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City Terminal Junction | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bayou Vista | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hitchcock | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Virginia Point | 6.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1342354. 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.









