Peveto, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mauriceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77632. The Survey maps it on the Mauriceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1926 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Peveto between 1993 and 2018, burning about 509 acres in total. 1 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2013 | Fireworks | 97 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9171 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 254 |
| 21 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 55 |
| 28 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 591 |
| 19 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 543 |
| 5 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 108 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Peveto: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Portland Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| G.T.M. Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Orange Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| R A Mann Bayon Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peveto in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2010 | Lightning | Peveto | 1 hurt | KJAS Radio and KFDM-TV reported an unidentified man was injured by a lightning strike at the Flying J Truck Stop on Interstate 10 at Highway 62 west of Orange. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Peveto | $2,000,000 | A tornado touched down south of Old Hwy 90 near the Hwy 62 exit on I-10, severely damaging a brick home. A large building in the backyard was destroyed, an RV was tossed 25 yards, a truck flipped over, and 3 other vehicles were pushed out of the driveway. An ATV stored in the building in the backyard was picked up by the tornado and tossed across I-10. Further to the north on Hwy 62 at the TX DOT office, large warehouses in the back had the overhead doors blown in. Max estimated winds were 130 MPH. |
| July 2009 | Lightning | Peveto | $5,000 | Beaumont Enterprise reported the Old First Baptist Church along Interstate 10 in Orange caught fire from a lightning strike. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Peveto | - | Roads were flooded and closed in portions of Orange County including near downtown. Water also approached some homes. A home rain gauge recorded 8.31 inches during the event. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Peveto | - | A photo of one inch diameter hail was received through social media. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Peveto | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gratis | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bancroft | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Stark | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tulane | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kinard Estates | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pinehurst | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Grove | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Francis | 3.9 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549332 | The 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 1378853. 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.






