Saturn, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gonzales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78959. The Survey maps it on the Dilworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dilworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Saturn between 1999 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM648 WEST FIRE |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRONTAGE |
| 27 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GASKIN FIRE |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VAUGHAN FIRE |
| 16 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 62 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAL-MAINE FIRE |
| 12 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 5 |
| 6 July 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOUROT FIRE |
| 29 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saturn in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saturn | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that tore the roof off a horse barn near the intersection of Alt Hwy 90 and CR 345 east of Gonzales. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Saturn | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported water over the road on FM 532 east of Gonzales. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Saturn | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. FM 532 was closed due to flooding east of Gonzales. Up to 9.90 inches of rain fell in Gonzales. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Saturn | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail east of Gonzales. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Saturn | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch hail east of Gonzales. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Saturn | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM532 and FM1680. Denton Creek was spilling out of its banks. |
| November 2009 | Flash Flood | Saturn | - | Heavy rain caused flooding which closed several Farm to Market roads due to high water across the roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickston | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Little New York | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Comanche Crossing | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Waelder | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Sandy Fork | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dilworth | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Nickel | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Thompsonville | 7.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034851. 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.




