Stoneham, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Navasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77868. The Survey maps it on the Stoneham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Stoneham quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
313 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Stoneham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,717 acres in total. 4 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 | 221 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 333 |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 194 |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2928 CR 306 |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOGWOOD GULCH FIRE |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 191 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5747 STONEHAM MEADOW |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 93 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stoneham in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoneham | $25,000 | A modular home was shifted off its foundation. Numerous trees were downed. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoneham | $15,000 | 2 barns destroyed and several trees uprooted by strong winds. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Stoneham | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Stoneham | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Stoneham | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Stoneham | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Stoneham | - | Several roads closed due to heavy rainfall, especially in and around the Navasota area to the Richards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarboro | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Plantersville | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pinebrook | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Whitehall | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Blackberry | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Todd | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Todd Mission | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lynn Grove | 7.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379118. 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.




