BlockRoyston, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McCaulley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79534. The Survey maps it on the Royston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Royston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Royston between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,934 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEADER |
| 11 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ACROSS GAS PLANT |
| 22 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GAS PLANT |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 261 |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 700 CR 261 |
| 29 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JEFFERY |
| 28 July 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Royston in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Royston | - | A trained spotter from the Roby Fire Department observed a brief landspout tornado just northeast of Roby. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Royston | - | A trained spotter observed a brief tornado touchdown in an open field. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Royston | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Royston | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Royston | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378992. 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.