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Rayburn, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77327. The Survey maps it on the Rayburn quadrangle.

Rayburn within Liberty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Rayburn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 803 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN JACINTO 17:44
6 September 2012Debris and open burning8.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8065
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 431
30 September 1993Debris and open burning35 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 48
29 September 1992Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 46

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rayburn: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dolen No. 12 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Fitch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Liberty County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dolen1.6 miles13
Hightower3.0 miles13
Cockrans4.1 miles13
Big Creek4.2 miles12
Romayor5.0 miles12
Pelican6.6 miles12
Mason Lake Estates6.6 miles12
Seaman6.8 miles12

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 RayburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7298408The 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 1382600. 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.