Almira, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75563. The Survey maps it on the Carterville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1910 USGS Linden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Carterville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
237 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Almira between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,951 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 24 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 | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JEMMY HARGETT |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM995 |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 184 |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Almira: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord School | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Warren Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almira in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2020: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Hail | Almira | - | Quarter size hail fell several miles north of Linden. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Almira | - | Quarter size hail fell 6 miles north of Linden. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almira | - | A tree was blown down on FM 995. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carterville | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Red Hill | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cusseta | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Warren Springs | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bethlehem | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Nickleberry | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Gum Springs | 5.6 miles | 10 |
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 Almira | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q125156245 | 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 1377927. 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.
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.





