San Gabriel, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Davilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76577. It stands on Pecan Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Gabriel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS San Gabriel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of San Gabriel between 2006 and 2020, burning about 648 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE N FM 908 |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON BALE ON FIRE |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 31 August 2015 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID THRALL AND GRANGER |
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 San Gabriel in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 (EF0) | San Gabriel | $10,000 | Am EF-0 tornado occurred in the city of San Gabriel, TX, damaging a business, a church, and a few sheds. Several trees were also damaged in the area. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 0.31 of a mile with a maximum width of 150 yards. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Gabriel | $2,000 | Emergency management reported damage to a shed and barns just south of the city of San Gabriel, TX. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Gabriel | $1,000 | Milam County Sheriff's Office reported trees and power lines down in the city of San Gabriel, TX. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Gabriel | $1,000 | The roof of a mobile home was damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| December 2002 | Hail | San Gabriel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Detmold | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sharp | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| The Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Thorndale | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tracy | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Handy | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Marjorie | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1367498. 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.





