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Washington, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Washington-Chappell Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77880. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle. It stands 226 feet above sea level.

Washington within Washington County

On record in Washington

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

75 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Washington between 2005 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 2 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 burning51
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMIRACLE FARM
6 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAVID WOLF
2 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWELLMANN RD GRASS FIRE
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2009Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARROLL
31 August 2009Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWASHINGTON
23 August 2013Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNAVASOTA ASSIST 1227

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Washington: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gifford-Hill Navasota Plant No 23Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington$50,000Numerous large trees down, uprooted.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington$50,000Numerous trees down. Barn and shed destroyed.
April 2015HailWashington$15,000Large hail up to grapefruit sized was reported on Highway 6 south of Navasota.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindWashington$15,000Trees down on Schwertz Road.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000Trees were downed by high winds along Highway 105.
April 1997HailWashington$5,000no account filed
June 2023HailWashington-Hail up to quarter sized was observed in Washington.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous trees down just SW of Washington and in many other parts of the county.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous trees down.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Graball4.3 miles10
Goodwill5.9 miles8
William Penn6.7 miles10
Brown College6.7 miles8
Whitman7.4 miles8
Daniels9.1 miles8
Sandy Hill9.5 miles10
Independence10.1 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WashingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q540250The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349512. 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.