Royder, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77845. The Survey maps it on the Wellborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Wellborn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Royder between 1992 and 2020, burning about 671 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96 |
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHEHIN FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARGRAVES FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-6258 GREENS PRAIRIE FIRE |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-5882 TRAILER FIRE |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0005468 ARRINGTON FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAHTCHER FIRE |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13200 S DOWLING RD 12-0001099 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20365 FM 2154 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellborn | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wicker | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Enright | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Koppe | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Spear | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Peach Creek | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Millican | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| College Station | 7.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122570340 | 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 1380467. 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.



