BlockWest Port Arthur, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sabine Pass census division. It stands on Alligator Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Port Arthur South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS Port Arthur South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Port Arthur South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Arthur South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of West Port Arthur between 2008 and 2012, burning about 130 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge | WF NORTH OF CABIN EASEMENT |
| 2 November 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 258 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Port Arthur: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Arthur Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Port Arthur Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Port Arthur in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | West Port Arthur | $100,000 | Numerous streets were flooded in Port Arthur, Groves, and Central Gardens with several cars reported flooded. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | West Port Arthur | $25,000 | Multiple streets were flooded with some cars stranded in Port Arthur, Nederland, and Groves. Water also approached some structures in Port Arthur. |
| July 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | West Port Arthur | - | Numerous videos and pictures were received through social media of a slow moving waterspout moving from Sabine Lake into Motiva. The land spout produced no noticeable damage beyond tipping over trash cans. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Arthur | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Port Acres | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pear Ridge | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Griffing Park | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeview | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Groves | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Viterbo | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Beauxart Gardens | 8.2 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550085 | The 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 1349783. 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.