BlockPiedmont, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Anderson-Bedias census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77830. It stands on Sulphur Branch. The Survey maps it on the Carlos quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Carlos quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Carlos quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont between 1993 and 2019, burning about 242 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 900 HARLAN RD |
| 30 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3090 |
| 3 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 232 |
| 3 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 244 @ CR 223 |
| 28 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3090 |
| 15 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 190 |
| 9 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 244 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piedmont in 1 storm report in 2012: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Flash Flood | Piedmont | $150,000 | A band of moderate to heavy rainfall caused flooding in and around Grimes and Huntsville. Numerous road closures and stalled cars were reported in the town of Navasota with additional closures in and around the communities of Anderson and Huntsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Carlos | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Anderson | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ferguson Crossing | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Keith | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Roans Prairie | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Navasota | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Apolonia | 10.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380354. 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.