Venable, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75972. It stands on Steep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chinquapin 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bronson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Chinquapin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Venable between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,491 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2013 | Fireworks | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7113 |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7098 |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7125 |
| 16 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 902 |
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 Venable 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Venable | - | A large tree and a telephone pole was snapped at a home near the intersection of Highway 96 and FM 1751. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Venable | - | Flash flooding was reported on County Road 410 over Clear Branch Creek just west of Highway 96 south of San Augustine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxey Town | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Conville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sunrise | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Union Grave | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Chinquapin | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rebecca | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fords Corner | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| San Augustine | 4.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380713. 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.






