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New Caney, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77357. The Survey maps it on the Splendora quadrangle. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

New Caney within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of New Caney between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,129 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 28 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 burning110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8067
7 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 395
5 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 94
4 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 386
3 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEER GLEN
3 September 2000Natural7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 372
3 September 2000Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 375

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Caney: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bishop Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dewey's Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Merimon Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pitts LeaseSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Caney in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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
September 2019Flash FloodNew Caney$190,000,000Flooding was reported in the Woodbranch and New Caney areas. FM 1485 was closed near the East Fork of the San Jacinto River due flooding inundation. Highway 59 in New Caney became impassable due to floodwaters.
August 2004HailNew Caney$60,000Hail damaged a sheriff vehicle.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$50,000Trees down on cars along FM 1485.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)New Caney$30,000Tornado first touched down near the intersection of Teresa and Punkin Streets approximately 1 1/2 miles west of Highway 59. Tornado traveled southeast and produced more damage near Dunn and Louise Streets. Second touchdown produced damage on Leonard Street. Majority of damage was to trees being sheared off or blown down. Minor damage to a home on the corner of Dunn and Louise Streets. A tree was down on top of an uninhabited mobile home on Leonard Street.
November 2003Flash FloodNew Caney$25,000Flooding in the New Caney and Porter areas.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$25,000Trees and power lines down in New Caney.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$15,000Trees were downed across power lines near the intersection of County Road 242 and Wild Forest Drive.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$10,000Tree down on FM 1485.
February 2003HailNew Caney$9,000Golfball sized hail.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$5,000Numerous trees were downed near and around Tavola Elementary School.
October 2007Flash FloodNew Caney$5,000Flooding forced the closure of portions of Highway 59 in and around New Caney.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$5,000Trees blown down along FM 1485.
March 2001HailNew Caney$5,000no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$4,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$4,000Strong winds downed trees and power lines.
May 2007HailNew Caney$3,000Hail damage to vehicle windshield off of Johnson Road approximately 1 mile east of Highway 59.
October 2006Flash FloodNew Caney$3,000Heavy rain caused numerous roads to flood. There were 10 to 15 road closures.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$1,500Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Heights Blvd.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Caney$1,000New Caney reported 60 mph winds.
June 2021HailNew Caney-A television news crew reported quarter to dime sized hail near New Caney.
June 2019HailNew Caney-Penny to nickel size hail was reported.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Caney-There were 20 to 25 trees blown down.
September 2019Flash FloodNew Caney-FM 1485 closed near East Fork San Jacinto River.
January 2008HailNew Caney-Penny sized hail fell two miles west of Woodbranch at FM 242 and Somerset.
May 2007HailNew Caney-Half dollar size hail between Porter and New Caney.
June 2004Funnel CloudNew Caney-Funnel cloud sighted at Highway 242 and US 59.
October 1994HailNew Caney-A severe thunderstorm in eastern Montgomery County produced 1.75-inch hail in New Caney.
May 2007HailNew Caney-no account filed
July 2004Funnel CloudNew Caney-no account filed
January 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Caney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Keefer1.8 miles13
Woodbranch2.1 miles13
Roman Forest3.1 miles13
Patton Village3.4 miles13
Porter3.8 miles19
Adams Oaks3.9 miles19
Shadow Lake Estates4.2 miles19
Deerbrook4.6 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on New CaneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7006363The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1342442. 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.

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.