Simmons, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78071. It stands on White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calliham quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Simmons within Live Oak County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1920 USGS Mikeska quadrangle1:125000
1925 USGS Simmons No. 1 quadrangle1:48000
1929 USGS Simmons quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Calliham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS George West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Simmons between 2006 and 2020, burning about 230 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
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	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
15 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRVFD2011-123
9 August 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	JB KOLB RANCH
9 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRVFD2009-98
23 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRVFD2010-50
14 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	75 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRVFD2011-85
23 June 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRVFD202062
15 June 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRVFD2010-31
13 June 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Live Oak County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simmons in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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
February 2016	Hail	Simmons	$10,000	Quarter sized hail occurred near Highway 72 southeast of Choke Canyon Reservoir. Report was relayed by San Antonio broadcast media.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Simmons	-	RV park estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
October 2018	Flood	Simmons	-	Major flooding occurred from west of Three Rivers to near George West. Flow backed up into several minor creeks.
May 2016	Tornado (EF0)	Simmons	-	Weak waterspout over northeast part of Choke Canyon Reservoir moved onshore.
May 2015	Funnel Cloud	Simmons	-	HAM radio operator reported a funnel cloud near Simmons.
April 2010	Flash Flood	Simmons	-	Flowing water once again covering the road at Hwy 72 near the prison.
June 2009	Hail	Simmons	-	Quarter to golfball size hail reported at Three Rivers Federal Prison.

Every storm recorded in Live Oak 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Three Rivers	6.4 miles	11
Ike	6.8 miles	11
Oakville	9.9 miles	11
George West	10.0 miles	12
Ray Point	12.6 miles	9
River Creek Acres	14.4 miles	12
Mikeska	14.8 miles	12
Karon	15.6 miles	11

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.

Wikidata item Q124395883

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 1379079. 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.