Rexville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sealy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77474. It stands on Crooked Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rexville quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallis quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rexville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Rexville between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,737 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLUMBUS ROAD |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ SEALY |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH AND GRASS FIRE |
| 7 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KULOW RD GRASS FIRE |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rexville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chew Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beard | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Sealy | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Frydek | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| South Frydek | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| San Felipe | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Macedonia | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Brazos Country | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Peters | 9.3 miles | 11 |
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 Rexville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711278 | 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 1378952. 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.




