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Sorghumville, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lovelady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75851. The Survey maps it on the Weldon quadrangle.

Sorghumville within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Sorghumville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,874 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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 burning21
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2013Fireworks18 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7112
28 September 1993Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 427
13 September 2012Natural25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12510124
1 September 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 188
22 August 2018Natural432 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWALKER WEST
21 August 2018Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOUSTON 18:43
19 August 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston 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 Sorghumville: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay. 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
Kittrell Salt DomeHalite, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1933
Texas Clay Industries Inc OperationClayProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Antioch (historical)2.8 miles10
Weldon4.1 miles10
Lovelady5.9 miles9
Pearsons Chapel6.8 miles9
Vistula7.6 miles11
Smith Grove8.6 miles9
Lone Pine8.7 miles9
Sand Ridge10.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380573. 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.