Westville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Groveton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75862. The Survey maps it on the Groveton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Groveton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Groveton West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Westville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,182 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 198 |
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | 84 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8063 |
| 17 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 103 |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 401 |
| 13 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 101 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1995 | Natural | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | LTSP AGAIN |
| 8 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westville in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westville | - | A large tree was downed on FM 1280 to the northwest of Groveton. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Westville | - | Heavy rain caused water to run over FM 1280. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groveton | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Friday | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Saron | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lacy | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Josserand | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Glendale | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sumpter (historical) | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pennington | 8.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382942. 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.





