Tanglewood, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78947. The Survey maps it on the Tanglewood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Tanglewood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Tanglewood between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 414 GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRUCTURE/GRASS FIRE |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 414 CONTROLLED BURN |
| 14 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY/GRASS FIRE MUTUAL AID LEXINGTON VFD |
| 30 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALLED IN GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tanglewood: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colvin Sandstone Deposit | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Colvin Sandstone Deposit | Zirconium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tanglewood in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Hail | Tanglewood | $20,000 | A resident reported nickel size hail which damaged a pickup truck. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Tanglewood | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the Tanglewood Christian Camp. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Tanglewood | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing several low water crossings in Lee 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove (historical) | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hicks | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lexington | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Leo | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Doak Springs | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Old Dime Box | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Adina | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Blue | 11.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369580. 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.



