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Smada, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Sugar Land census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77459. It stands on Bullhead Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Missouri City quadrangle.

Smada within Fort Bend County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Smada between 2006 and 2020, burning about 410 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service309 CR. 4360
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE
2 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
6 May 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBELTWAY 8
26 May 2006Misuse of fire by a minor303 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE OLYMPIA
27 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
26 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smada: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pugmill #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sugarland Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1926

Every working recorded in Fort Bend County

Storms near this place

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smada in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Smada$150,000This EF-0 tornado touched down near Dulles Ave north of Lexington Park Elementary but did little damage to the surrounding subdivision. A better defined damage path was found to the northeast in Brightwood Estates with several homes suffering minor damage to roofs and fences along the southwest to northeast track. Two chimneys were ripped off houses. Numerous witnesses observed swirling debris. Estimated peak winds were 80 mph.
May 2019Flash FloodSmada$50,000There were flooded cars at Highway 59 and Williams Trace Blvd. Widespread flooding was reported in Sugar Land.
April 2026HailSmada-A utility company reported hail, estimated at ping pong size, near the intersection of Austin Parkway and Sweetwater Blvd.
March 2024HailSmada-Quarter sized hail was reported.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindSmada-Trees were downed by strong thunderstorm winds on Calendar Lake Dr.

Every storm recorded in Fort Bend 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
Herbert0.9 miles11
Thunderbird West1.4 miles11
First Colony1.6 miles11
Fifth Street1.9 miles11
Quail Valley2.0 miles11
Dewalt2.1 miles11
Paynes2.2 miles11
Oxford2.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379085. 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.