Thicket, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saratoga-Batson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77374. The Survey maps it on the Votaw quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Votaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Thicket between 1993 and 2019, burning about 4,147 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Fireworks | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9167 |
| 21 September 2009 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 225 |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 637 |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 516 acres | Big Thicket National Park | TFS 637 |
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAGG RD |
| 25 August 2009 | Natural | 54 acres | Livingston Area | WOODVILLE - 213 |
| 22 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 212 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thicket in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2012: 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2000 | Flood | Thicket | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thicket | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Thicket | - | Heavy rain fell on an already saturated area causing the upper reaches of Pine Island Bayou and Little Pine Island Bayou. Water cover portions of Highway 787 during the event. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Thicket | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Thicket | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Thicket | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Thicket | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Votaw | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bragg | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lelavale | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Saratoga | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Honey Island | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Batson | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rattlesnake Bend | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dies | 12.4 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Thicket | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7783952 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380656. 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.






