Staley, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Point Blank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77359. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Staley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1961 USGS Staley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Staley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Staley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 517 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 197 |
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ONALASKA FALLEN OAKS |
| 5 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8041 |
| 3 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 299 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Staley in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | $2,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed four trees in the Waterwood subdivision. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Staley | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Staley | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding along FM 980 North along the Trinity River area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterwood | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Palmetto Park | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Darby Hill | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Oakhurst | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pointblank | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Snow Hill | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stephen Creek | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Springs | 12.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380596. 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.





