Arcade, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Odessa-Goldsmith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79763. The Survey maps it on the Odessa SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Odessa SW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Odessa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Arcade between 2008 and 2012, burning about 464 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SFM 3503 |
| 8 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FERGUSON |
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLARIS |
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNIVERSITY |
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANCIS |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AMBASSADOR |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHIRLAWAY |
| 7 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUNN |
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 Arcade: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Wes-Tex No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcade in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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 2023 | Hail | Arcade | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Odessa | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Douro | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Odessa | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Penwell | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Farms | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Badger | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Judkins | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Metz | 13.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377949. 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.



