Plantersville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Navasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77363. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle. 464 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
349 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Plantersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,086 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 | 247 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1774 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 333 |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 194 |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOGWOOD GULCH FIRE |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 191 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5747 STONEHAM MEADOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plantersville in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Plantersville | $500,000 | Water rescues were occurring through the county. FM 362 at Beason Creek was closed due to flooding. Washington Street at Foster Street, Buckingham Lane at FM 379 and Courtney Street in the town of Navasota were all impassable and closed as they were inundated with nearly two feet of water. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns near Plantersville. |
| May 2019 | Lightning | Plantersville | $15,000 | A lightning strike caused a structural fire. |
| October 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | $6,000 | Winds toppled two trees onto mobile homes. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plantersville | $5,000 | Numerous large branches blown down. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Plantersville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Plantersville | $4,000 | Lime to hen egg sized hail damaged an antenna and left small dings on a car in Plantersville. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Plantersville | $3,000 | High water at FM 1774 at CR 209 near Plantersville. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Plantersville | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Plantersville | - | Pea to nickel sized hail was observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinebrook | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Stoneham | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Blackberry | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Todd | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Yarboro | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Todd Mission | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Whitehall | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lynn Grove | 9.6 miles | 10 |
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 Plantersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4364481 | 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 1344169. 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.




