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Viterbo, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Port Arthur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. The Survey maps it on the Port Acres quadrangle.

Viterbo within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Viterbo between 1996 and 2013, burning about 938 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREENHILL
14 June 2011Natural300 acresLivingston AreaLAMAR FIRE
2 April 2006Arson/incendiarism170 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 183
18 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5100 N HWY 347
24 March 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 92
23 March 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 89
19 March 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILLEBRANDT RD
19 March 1996Debris and open burning85 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Viterbo: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Bromine, Sulfur, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Spindletop Dome MineSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1950, 1952, 1976
Spindletop WellsBromineProducerBrine
Beaumont Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Maco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Spindletop Dome Sulfur MineSulfurProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Viterbo in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindViterbo$1,000A tree was downed by a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Beauxart Gardens0.5 miles12
Hebert2.3 miles12
Nederland3.0 miles16
Central Gardens3.1 miles12
Lucas3.2 miles12
Gladys3.5 miles19
Port Acres3.8 miles12
Hillebrandt4.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380728. 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.