BlockSerbin, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Giddings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78942. It stands on Little Pin Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Giddings quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1919 USGS Giddings quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Giddings quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Serbin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 415 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 | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 290 W. # 2 |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHNEIDER WELDING |
| 7 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HERMS 290 |
| 5 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOAT PLANT |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Serbin: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitschke | Bentonite | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Serbin in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Serbin | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Serbin | - | The National Weather Service determined an EF-0 tornado touched down in Lee County this morning based on photos and drone footage received by the Lee County office of emergency management, combined with radar analysis. The tornado formed roughly six miles southwest of Giddings, roughly near the CR 208 and FM 2239, and moved northeast into Giddings before dissipating. Sporadic damage was observed to power lines, tree limbs, and tin sheds, as well as some small sections of tin roofs and eaves peeled back. Peak winds of 70 mph were estimated. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Serbin | - | Thunderstorms dropped general rain totals of 2 to 3 inches with up to 5 inches near Serbin and 6 inches in the western part of Giddings. US290 was closed and parts of CR205 had up to 3 feet of water over the road in places. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Serbin | - | Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 2 inch rain amounts between Serbin and Giddings. FM141 was closed due to high water briefly through the early morning hours. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Serbin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q149755 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379053. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.