BlockAcala, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Hancock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79839. It lies near Alamo Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Acala quadrangle. 11 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,553 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Hancock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Hancock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Acala quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sierra Blanca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Acala: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Bravo | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Guadalupe Bravo | Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acala in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acala | $20,000 | A couple of mobile homes were destroyed by a microburst with winds estimated at 70+ mph. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Acala | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported at I-10 and Acala Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iser | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Villa Alegre Colonia | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Hancock | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Hancock East Unit Number 1 Colonia | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Hancock East Unit Number 2 Colonia | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| McNary | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Finlay | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Esperanza | 16.2 miles | 11 |
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 Acala | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4671647 | 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 1379310. 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.
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.