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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.

Nadeau within Galveston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

18 since 2010

Regional 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 burning9
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3042 CEDAR
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR DR #2
2 September 2011Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 519
16 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service412 AVE D
12 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2605 CORBETT
1 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR DR
16 August 2015Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH RIDGECREST FIRE
6 July 2017Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7102 SPEAKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Galveston County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Amoco Texas RefinerySulfurPlant
Bay Materials CoClay, SilicaProducer
Gulf Chemical and Metallureical CoVanadium, Tin, Molybdenum, MagnesiteProducer
Hester Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerClay, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Sand
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Galveston 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
Heights0.8 miles15
La Marque1.8 miles15
Texas City2.2 miles15
Texas City Junction2.4 miles15
Texas City Terminal Junction3.9 miles15
Bayou Vista4.0 miles15
Hitchcock4.5 miles15
Virginia Point6.0 miles15

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.