Shiloh, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Liberty-Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77575. It stands on Shiloh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shiloh quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Shiloh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Shiloh quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1996 and 2009, burning about 118 acres in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 346 |
| 19 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 41 |
| 2 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 65 |
| 13 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Bluff Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1944, 1948, 1982 | |
| Sand Pit No.2 | Silica | Producer | ||
| Baytown 146 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shiloh in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Shiloh | - | Six inches of water were over roadways to the southeast of Liberty around the Pignut Gully, Shiloh Creek and FM 770 areas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Bluff | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tivett | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cow Island | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Abshier Settlement | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Negros Liberty Settlement (historical) | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Timber Lake Estates | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Raywood | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Old River Community | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380533. 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.





