BlockVienna, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hallettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77964. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sublime quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sublime quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Vienna between 2005 and 2019, burning about 216 acres in total. None 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN KEITH |
| 10 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16B ROUND 2 |
| 24 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16B |
| 19 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A. C. STEFFEK |
| 8 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vienna in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2007: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Vienna | $50,000 | Golf ball-sized hail was observed at Sublime at 2018 CST. The same size of hail was reported by the public in Vienna at 2020 CST. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F2) | Vienna | $50,000 | A tornado touched down near Vienna, destroying a mobile home and a house, knocking down power lines and covering the roadway with debris. One witness reported hearing a sound like a "freight train." |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Vienna | $10,000 | Department of Public Safety officers reported that a small tornado, preceded by severe winds, heavy rain and large hail, formed near Vienna and move eastward briefly. It caused minor damage to trees and vegetation in the area, then disappeared. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Vienna | - | Water Rescue on FM 530 6 miles north of Speaks. CoCoRAHs observer Hallettsville 13.4SE measured 11.00 of rain in 24 hours ending at 7 AM October 16, 2007. Most of the rain fell between 1 and 4 AM. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Vienna | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Vienna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sublime | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Seclusion | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Good Hope | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Vsetin | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ezzell | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Williamsburg | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hallettsville | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Speaks | 9.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379216. 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.