Scofield, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Old River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77879. It stands on Davidson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gay Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Gay Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Gay Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
123 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Scofield between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,545 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/7/2011 |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/6/2011 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 105 |
| 27 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CO RD 420 STRUCTURE/GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CYE WOODS JR. |
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/27/2012 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1691 CR 278 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scofield in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Scofield | - | FM 1361 was impassable due to floodwaters. 6 to 8 inches of water covering the road was observed by local emergency managers. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Clay | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Merle | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lyons | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Center Line | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wilcox | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Big Creek | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Beaver Creek | 9.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379039. 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.



