BlockStephen Creek, Texas
13 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 77331. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stephen Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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
- 1960 USGS Stephen Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Stephen Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Stephen Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. None 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN JACINTO 16:51 |
| 4 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 429 |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 115 |
| 13 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POINT BLANK |
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON-8084 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stephen Creek in 1 storm report in 2003: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Stephen Creek | $3,000 | Nickel size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Springs | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wolf Creek | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pointblank | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Darby Hill | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Laurel Hill | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Coldspring | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Oakhurst | 7.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380929. 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.