BlockYougeen, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Beeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78102. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skidmore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Skidmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Skidmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Yougeen between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,718 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14/27 |
| 9 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIFTH ST. |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERTS DR. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yougeen in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2015: 1 hail, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Oaks Number 2 Colonia | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Skidmore | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Beeville | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill Colonia | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Salazar Heights Colonia | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Old Houston Highway Colonia | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Street Area Colonia | 7.6 miles | 9 |
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 Yougeen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113039375 | 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 1379297. 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.