BlockArah, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fluvanna-Ira census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79549. It lies near Mooar Draw. The Survey maps it on the Arah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Arah quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lamesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Arah between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,316 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST HWY 180 1 MILE INTO BORDEN COUNTY |
| 18 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG COUNTRY ELECTRIC |
| 28 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 2123 |
| 22 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10 MILES WEST ON HWY 180 |
| 15 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANDALS |
| 29 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BASIC ENERGY |
| 11 June 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BULLARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arah in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Arah | - | Highway 180 and FM 1269 intersection is underwater and difficult to cross. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Arah | - | A thunderstorm moved over Scurry County and produced heavy rainfall. There was two feet of running water from six miles south of Fluvanna on FM 1269 to the intersection of Highway 180. The damage cost is a rough estimate as there was not any damage reported with the flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Center | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Union | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Knapp | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fluvanna | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dermott | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Brand | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Snyder | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fullerville | 12.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377947. 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.