BlockBefore

Tamina, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77385. The Survey maps it on the Tamina quadrangle.

Tamina within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Tamina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 15 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 burning97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAYFORD RIDGE
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined77 acresLivingston AreaTAMINA FIRE
30 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1993Arson/incendiarism30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tamina: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bullet Concrete Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sandco Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tamina in 14 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009Flash FloodTamina$750,000Heavy rainfall flooded 30 homes in the Chateau Woods subdivision in the southern part of the county.
May 2025LightningTamina$20,000Law enforcement reported that a lightning strike caused a house fire.
June 2005HailTamina$10,000Golf ball size hail 5 miles north of Tomball.
January 2008HailTamina$2,000Quarter sized hail fell two miles south of Woodloch at I-45 and Research Forest.
March 2009HailTamina$1,000Quarter-sized hail was observed near the intersection of Interstate 45 and FM 1488.
May 2023LightningTamina$300Lightning struck a tall pine tree in a residential area. Electronics inside the nearby home and garage were damaged.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTamina-A member of the public reported trees and branches down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTamina-A trained storm spotter shared photos on social media of snapped tree branches near College Park, south of Conroe. Wind speeds were estimated at 75 mph using softwood trees with a Degree of Damage of 2.
May 2024Flash FloodTamina-The Interstate 45 frontage road was impassable due to flash flooding in The Woodlands.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindTamina-Large tree branches were downed by strong thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Interstate 45 and FM 1488.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindTamina-Large tree branches were downed by strong thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Interstate 45 and FM 1488.
May 2022HailTamina-Quarter sized hail occurred a couple miles east of the I-45 and SH 242 intersection.
May 2015Flash FloodTamina-Flooding and road closures were reported across the southern half of the county, including Interstate 45 and Exit 78A, and parts of Highway 249.
June 2014HailTamina-A severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized to ping pong sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Shenandoah0.8 miles13
Chateau Woods1.2 miles13
Oak Ridge North1.3 miles13
Johnson1.9 miles13
Sleepy Hollow1.9 miles13
The Woodlands2.9 miles13
Woodloch3.1 miles13
Rayford3.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1348215. 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.

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.