Wesley Grove, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77831. The Survey maps it on the Loma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Loma quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Wesley Grove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,161 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 6 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,035 acres | Livingston Area | HOPEWELL FIRE |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | 101 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 309 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 384 |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9458 CR 227 |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R. 227 TREE |
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 430 |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Goshen | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| San Jacinto | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Galilee | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Crabbs Prairie | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bath | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mossy Grove | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Hill | 12.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034828. 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.




