Raywood, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Liberty-Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77582. The Survey maps it on the Daisetta quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Daisetta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Daisetta quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Raywood between 1992 and 2013, burning about 90 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2013 | Fireworks | 3.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8075 |
| 1 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8062 |
| 8 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 250 |
| 25 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8023 |
| 14 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8014 |
| 1 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8006 |
| 8 October 1992 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raywood in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Raywood | $50,000 | Tornado destroyed large metal barn, 10 utility poles blown down (some snapped at base), minor damage to metal roofs of farm buildings, shingles blown off houses. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raywood | $15,000 | Trees down between Raywood and Devers along US 90. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raywood | $3,500 | There were trees downed in the Raywood area. |
| October 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Raywood | $1,000 | Tornado downed power lines across Highway 90. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raywood | $1,000 | Sheriffs reported a tree downed in Raywood. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raywood | $1,000 | Sheriffs reported a tree downed in Raywood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Settlement | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Woodson | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cow Island | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Island | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ames | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Devers | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Daisetta | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tivett | 5.3 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 Raywood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7299412 | 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 1344861. 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.






