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Aleman, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76531. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton East quadrangle.

Aleman within Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

41 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Aleman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use273 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2006Smoking15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service932 GRASS FIRE
9 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARN CHURCH
2 August 2008Arson/incendiarism100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aleman in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2004Thunderstorm WindAleman$15,000A barn was blown down, a hay feeder weighing about 500 pounds was blown 1/2 mile, a pickup tool box was blown 1/2 mile, a large propane tank was moved, large trees were uprooted, and the tin roof of a building was rolled up.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindAleman$2,000Emergency manager reported downed trees on CR 420 and FM 932 just southeast of Hamilton.
March 2021Tornado (EFU)Aleman-A tornado was reported by multiple chasers. No damage was reported.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindAleman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Whiteway3.8 miles12
Parsley Crossing5.8 miles14
Hamilton6.6 miles13
Ohio6.8 miles14
Ballard Crossing6.8 miles14
Schoolerville7.5 miles13
Slab Crossing7.6 miles14
Lanham9.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329344. 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.