Thomaston, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cuero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77954. The Survey maps it on the Mission Valley quadrangle. It stands 161 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mission Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Thomaston between 2006 and 2020, burning about 358 acres in total. 1 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 87 RR FIRE |
| 20 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORDTRAN RD |
| 18 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CYPRESS VALLEY |
| 15 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLAINE WILLIAMS GRASSFIRE |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY BALER |
| 20 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOHUTEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Thomaston: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C W and A Incorporated | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thomaston in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomaston | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down a large tree limb on Thomaston River Rd. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Thomaston | - | A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with much of the rain falling in only 2 hours. In Lee County, US87 and FM236 were closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Thomaston | - | General 2 to 3 inch rain amounts fell in thunderstorms over Lavaca and DeWitt Counties,. Several county roads in the southeast corner of DeWitt County were closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Thomaston | - | A general 1 inch rain fell from Thomaston northeastward, with up to 3 inches in places. Flash flooding closed CR104 and CR114 northeast of Thomaston. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Thomaston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verhelle | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Arneckeville | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Golly | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Meyersville | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Cuero | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Stratton | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Meyersville | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Buchel | 13.3 miles | 10 |
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 Thomaston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7795592 | 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 1377648. 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.




