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Algerita, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Richland Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76877. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Algerita quadrangle.

Algerita within San Saba 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

35 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Algerita between 2005 and 2020, burning about 907 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE 190
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMALL FIRE
25 September 2008Debris and open burning300 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGAVIN FIRE
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Saba County

Storms near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Algerita in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2025HailAlgerita-Public reported half dollar size hail through social media.
June 2025FloodAlgerita-San Saba Sheriff's Office reported a home near Maxwell Crossing (County Road 340) along the San Saba River was surrounded by flood waters.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindAlgerita-The San Saba Emergency Manager reported several tree limbs down, which were 5 feet in length.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAlgerita-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
April 2008HailAlgerita-no account filed
May 2005HailAlgerita-no account filed
May 2003HailAlgerita-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAlgerita-no account filed
June 2003HailAlgerita-no account filed
December 2002HailAlgerita-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Saba 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
Harkeyville3.8 miles13
China Creek4.0 miles14
Sloan5.4 miles13
Richland Springs5.7 miles14
Fairview6.3 miles14
San Saba7.5 miles16
Spring Creek8.8 miles14
Skeeterville10.5 miles14

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 AlgeritaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q116965889The 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 1379331. 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.