Urbana, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77371. It stands on Fish Branch. The Survey maps it on the Goodrich quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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
- 1958 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Goodrich quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Urbana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIP 66 STATION |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN JACINTO 15:00 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDUSTRIAL BLVD |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELMORE LOOP |
| 5 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 42 |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM222 @ 1ST STR |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | BLUEBIRD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Urbana in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urbana | - | Several trees were downed near the Wildwood Circle and Briarwood Dr area. Two homes sustained exterior damage, and one of the homes hat its roof partially peeled off. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Urbana | - | There was street flooding in the town of Coldspring. There was also water inundating Highway 59 south of the town of Goodrich. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Drews Landing | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Napier | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Camilla | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Water Wheel | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Strington | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Tejas | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Hill | 7.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380701. 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.






