Spurger, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Spurger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75979. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spurger quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Spurger quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Spurger quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Spurger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,017 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 18 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 burning | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 203 |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | 58 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9173 |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,509 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 683 |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JERUK |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEGREST |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOOKS |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spurger in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Spurger | $20,000 | no account filed |
| December 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Spurger | $15,000 | A tornado touched down near FM highway 1013 west of Spurger and snapped the tops of several pine trees off. When the tornado moved to County Road 4394 two homes received minor damage to the roofs with some shingles taken off. Several trees were snapped near the base of them and a couple of sheds and barns had some metal roofing material peeled off. The tornado caused more damage to two more homes on County Road 4375 where roofing shingles or tin were partially blown off the homes, carports, and garages. More trees along this road were also snapped at the base facing north. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter. This same storm produced the tornado in Jasper County in the Rock Hill Community. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $3,000 | A tree was blown onto a house in Spurger. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $1,000 | A tree was blown down across Highway 92 in Spurger. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Spurger | - | The hail report was received through social media. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Spurger | - | Multiple photos of hail up to golf balls was received through social media. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Spurger | - | Flooding was reported from Spurger to Town Bluff on FM 92 and several county roads. Flooding resulted in the temporary closing of FM 92. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Spurger | - | Several roads were reported flooded with some closed from Spurger to Woodville to Warren. |
| February 2019 | Hail | Spurger | - | A couple of reports of golf ball sized hail was reported in Spurger. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Spurger | - | KBMT relayed a report of quarter size hail in the Spurger area via Facebook. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Spurger | - | Heavy rain around the Spurger area produced minor flooding of roadways. The radar estimated 2 to 9 inches of rain in the area. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Spurger | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Spurger | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Spurger | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | Spurger | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Spurger | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Spurger | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Town Bluff | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fred | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hillister | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Emille | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hicksbaugh | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Warren | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Woodville | 13.8 miles | 12 |
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 Spurger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7581559 | 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 1369052. 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.






