Nigton, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Apple Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75926. It stands on West Mark Branch. The Survey maps it on the Apple Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Apple Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Nigton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 733 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 20 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.2 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | WOMACK #2 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 235 acres | Livingston Area | WOMACK ROAD FIRE |
| 30 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | HACKBERRY |
| 19 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRINITY 18:54 |
| 19 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 69 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7111 |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOLT CUTTER |
| 11 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | C-116 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nigton in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nigton | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Nigton | - | FM 2262 and FM 357 closed due to water over the roadways. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Springs | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Vair | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Helmic | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Trevat | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Centralia | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Crecy | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Nogalus | 9.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383751. 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.





