BlockSebastopol, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Groveton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75862. It stands on White Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Sebastopol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 836 acres in total. 7 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LISA HARDGRAVES |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASTEBERRY |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 918 |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 917 |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8078 |
| 8 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRINITY 14:59 |
| 5 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sebastopol in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sebastopol | 1 killed, 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | Downburst winds of 80 to 100 mph caused a three mile wide swath of damage along FM 356 between Trinity and Sebastopol near White Rock Creek. A woman was killed when the front porch collapsed at her home in the Hillwood Acres subdivision. Two children were injured inside several boats that flipped over in the lake. Several mobile homes and two automobiles were damaged in the Harbor Point subdivision. Several wooden porches, staircases, fences, and railings were damaged in the area. Light poles were blown down on the FM 356 bridge. Several large trees were downed and roof damage occurred at the Galloway Marina with a large portion of the metal roof over the back deck torn off. A boat storage facility along FM 356 was nearly destroyed. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sebastopol | $50,000 | Trees down, power poles snapped, barn/porch damage in center of Sebastopol |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sebastopol | $25,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Sebastopol | $20,000 | Half dollar-size hail covering the ground. |
| March 1999 | Hail | Sebastopol | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Sebastopol | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sebastopol | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sebastopol | - | Penny size hail was reported. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Sebastopol | - | Golf ball-size hail occurred between Trinity and Sebastopol. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Sebastopol | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380509. 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.