Nechanitz, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Round Top census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78946. It stands on Speckels Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nechanitz quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1919 USGS Giddings quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nechanitz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Nechanitz between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,314 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LUTHER HILL FIRE |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 12 |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RACE TRACK ROAD |
| 2 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 221 |
| 18 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 130 |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAYS CRANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nechanitz in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Nechanitz | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding closing numerous roads around the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldeck | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Walhalla | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Warda | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Warrenton | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Oldenburg | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rabbs Prairie | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rutersville | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Round Top | 7.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378731. 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.



