BlockNineveh, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Centerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75833. The Survey maps it on the Lake Leon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1964 USGS Lake Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Nineveh between 1994 and 2019, burning about 699 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 269 |
| 28 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4002 |
| 13 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 74 |
| 30 May 1996 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nineveh in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Lightning | Nineveh | $50,000 | Lightning struck a house near the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 3175 and Farm-to-Market Road 542. The bolt caused a fire after a gas line ignited. Fire crews from the Centerville Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to the residence. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nineveh | $25,000 | A swath of thunderstorm wind damage was found from Hwy 7 and FM 1511 to FMs 148 and 149. Large trees were damaged or uprooted, an airplane hangar was damaged, and a few homes sustained roof damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hopewell | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Eunice | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Flo | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Malvern | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Springs | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Paul | 8.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380893. 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.