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Napier, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77371. The Survey maps it on the Westcott quadrangle.

Napier within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Napier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,054 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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 burning178
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAILROAD AVE @ CASTLEBERRY
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3109 CHERRY CREEK EAST
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN JACINTO 17:44
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2891 FM 2666
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceINDUSTRIAL BLVD
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWRIGHT BLVD @ TIDWELL
30 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service71 POST OAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto County

Storms near this place

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Napier in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
February 2013Tornado (EF1)Napier$150,000The tornado produced extensive damage to the roof, garage and front door area of a brick home. An adjacent barn was destroyed. The damage path extended a little over one half mile with downed trees observed along a path on either side of the brick home. A witness from about 200 yards away observed the tornado damaging the home.
July 2014Heavy RainNapier$25,000A grocery store's roof collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Poor drainage flooding also reported on portions of route 59 feeder road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindNapier$15,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree that damaged a mobile home.
May 2024Flash FloodNapier-FM 222 near Shepherd was impassable due to flash flooding.
April 2023HailNapier-There was quarter sized hail in Shepherd.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindNapier-Some trees were downed.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNapier-Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
September 2012Funnel CloudNapier-A funnel cloud was sighted near Shepherd.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNapier-Trees were blown down on Stringtown Road.

Every storm recorded in San Jacinto 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
Shepherd1.1 miles13
Strington2.4 miles13
Lake Tejas4.1 miles13
Lake Water Wheel5.1 miles13
Westcott5.4 miles12
Urbana5.9 miles12
Liberty Hill7.6 miles13
Rose Hill8.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380231. 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.