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Sabine, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sabine Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77655. The Survey maps it on the Texas Point quadrangle.

Sabine within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Sabine between 1993 and 2019, burning about 34,804 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2010Debris and open burning275 acresTexas Point National Wildlife RefugeSABINE WOODS
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMcFaddin National Wildlife RefugeWF BROKEN BACKRIDGE
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined800 acresTexas Point National Wildlife RefugePICKARD
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas Point National Wildlife RefugeNO TEXAS POINT
11 September 2006Natural526 acresTexas Point National Wildlife RefugeWF TEXAS POINT
30 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas Point National Wildlife RefugeNO SABINE PASS RD
3 August 2005Natural660 acresTexas Point National Wildlife RefugeWF WEST UNIT 1
3 August 2005Natural578 acresTexas Point National Wildlife RefugeWF NORTH EAST UNIT 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sabine in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 7 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009LightningSabine1 killed, 7 hurt, $5,000All local media reported eight construction workers repairing the roof of a modular home on Bufford Street in Sabine Pass were struck by lightning and injured. One of the workers was critically injured and later died. The home was also set on fire by the lightning strike.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSabine-A weathernet station recorded a wind gust of 83 mph at the Sabine Pass School.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSabine-A 58 mph wind gust was record at the Sabine Pass North station.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSabine-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindSabine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Sabine Pass1.5 miles15
West Port Arthur10.6 miles16
Port Arthur12.7 miles16
Lakeview13.4 miles16
Griffing Park13.9 miles16
Pear Ridge14.3 miles16
Port Acres15.2 miles12
Groves15.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345801. 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.