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Aloe, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Victoria West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77905. It lies near Goldmans Hill. The Survey maps it on the Victoria West quadrangle. It stands 105 feet above sea level.

Aloe within Victoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

188 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Aloe between 2006 and 2020, burning about 933 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined88
Debris and open burning71
Equipment and vehicle use20
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUTTON MOTT
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSW MOODY
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 446 FIRE
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOODY
29 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDELORAS
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 446
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOLETOVILLE
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 236 GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Victoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Aloe: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chipley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Fordyce Co Chipley Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Victoria County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aloe in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAloe$10,000Shingles were blown off of homes near Mission Valley.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAloe$10,000Trees were blown down along with power lines on Refugio Highway on the southwest side of Victoria.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindAloe$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew off metal tin from an old barn. Several tree limbs were blown down also.
May 2013Funnel CloudAloe-Funnel cloud was spotted near Moody Street and Farm to Market Road 1685.
August 2010Flash FloodAloe-Victoria Fire Department responded to stalled vehicles in high water across the city, including a high water rescue of a driver trapped on Lova Drive. Three cars were stalled in high water on Ben Jordan Street, and the road between Houston Highway and Airline was closed due to flooding. An additional three vehicles were stalled in high water at North Main Street and Loop 463.

Every storm recorded in Victoria 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
Quail Creek0.7 miles9
Chipley2.5 miles9
Raisin2.9 miles8
Coletoville3.7 miles8
Victoria4.7 miles9
Oak Village5.1 miles7
Hughes5.6 miles8
Dupre6.4 miles9

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 AloeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54871390The 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 1351041. 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.