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Segno, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. The Survey maps it on the Segno quadrangle.

Segno within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Segno between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,371 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 23 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
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined204 acresLivingston AreaMENARD CUT THRU FIRE
7 September 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 197
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresBig Thicket National ParkRUBY
25 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 200
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Natural600 acresBig Thicket National Park943 WEST
2 September 2000Natural15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 639

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Segno in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006Tornado (F0)Segno$200,000Tornado in Taylor Lake Estates impacted 52 homes (8 had major damage and 15 had minor damage). The tornado also lifted off a patio roof, tore trees down, and picked up and displaced a travel trailer near FM 2610.
January 2001Thunderstorm WindSegno$15,000Trees down at FM 1276 and FM 943 near Big Sandy.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSegno$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree on a mobile home.
October 1997Tornado (F0)Segno$10,000Damage to trees.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSegno$7,000Reports of trees down with one falling on a car.
October 1997HailSegno$5,000no account filed
August 1996HailSegno$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Camp Seale4.2 miles12
Holly Grove4.2 miles12
Dallardsville4.6 miles12
Oak Shade6.4 miles12
Schwab City7.8 miles12
Ace7.8 miles12
Camp Ruby8.6 miles12
Indian Springs8.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1367942. 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.