Sabine Pass, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 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 Sabine Pass quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1944 USGS Sabine Pass quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Sabine Pass quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Sabine Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Sabine Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Sabine Pass between 1993 and 2019, burning about 38,377 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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 | 33 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 275 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | SABINE WOODS |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge | WF BROKEN BACKRIDGE |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | PICKARD |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | NO TEXAS POINT |
| 11 September 2006 | Natural | 526 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | WF TEXAS POINT |
| 30 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | NO SABINE PASS RD |
| 3 August 2005 | Natural | 660 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | WF WEST UNIT 1 |
| 3 August 2005 | Natural | 578 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | WF NORTH EAST UNIT 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sabine Pass in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabine Pass | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Sabine Pass | - | The Coast Guard station a Sabine Pass reported a funnel cloud around one mile north of the station. |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Sabine Pass | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Sabine Pass | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Port Arthur | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Port Arthur | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeview | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Griffing Park | 12.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pear Ridge | 13.1 miles | 16 | |
| Port Acres | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Groves | 14.9 miles | 16 |
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 Sabine Pass | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7396175 | 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 1345804. 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.









