Vincent, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Big Spring North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79511. The Survey maps it on the Vincent quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Vincent quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Vincent between 2006 and 2020, burning about 954 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 49 |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 350 AND 1205 |
| 31 August 2020 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 53 & HWY 350 |
| 1 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NCR 53 AND 350 |
| 21 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 53 AND 34 |
| 2 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21005 EAST HIGHWAY 350 |
| 19 June 2020 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 57 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vincent in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 4 hail, 3 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Vincent | $20,000 | Heavy rain fell across Howard County and produced flash flooding near Vincent. A pickup truck washed off the road at the intersection of Farm to Market road 1205 and Farm to Market road 846. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Vincent | $500 | Heavy rain fell across Howard County and produced flash flooding in Vincent. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| March 2004 | Flash Flood | Vincent | - | Running water flooded roadways near Vincent. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Coahoma | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sand Springs | 15.3 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 16.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ziler | 17.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 17.8 miles | 9 | |
| Vealmoor | 18.5 miles | 8 | |
| Big Spring | 20.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349291. 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.



