Raisin, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Victoria West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77905. It stands on Boggy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Raisin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Raisin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Raisin between 2006 and 2020, burning about 745 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLETOVILLE RD #2 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 446 FIRE |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOODY |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELORAS |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 446 |
| 2 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLETOVILLE |
| 12 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 446 |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHUBERT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raisin in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raisin | $5,000 | Tree was blown down on Coletoville Road north of Coletoville. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Raisin | - | Total rainfall accumulation of 8.49 inches. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Raisin | - | Total rainfall accumulation of 9.92 inches. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raisin | - | Public reported wind estimates up to 60 mph that resulted in small tree limbs down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Raisin | - | Quarter size hail reported at Reeves Ranch Rd. and U.S. 59 South. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Raisin | - | Nickel-size hail was reported between Coleto Creek and the town of Raisin. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coletoville | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Village | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Aloe | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Quail Creek | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Chipley | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Victoria | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hughes | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dupre | 9.1 miles | 9 |
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 Q122547182 | 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 1380411. 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.




