BlockArmstrong, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sarita census division. The Survey maps it on the Armstrong quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1923 USGS Armstrong quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Armstrong quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Armstrong quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Port Mansfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Armstrong between 2002 and 2019, burning about 4,768 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG RAILROAD FIRE |
| 1 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 77 MULTI BRUSH FIRE |
| 31 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG SOUTHBOUND FIRES |
| 30 June 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST TURCOTTE GATE FIRE |
| 27 June 2012 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNION PACIFIC FIRE |
| 16 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURCOTTE GRASS FIRE |
| 14 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 77 ARMSTRONG/UP RAILROAD BRUSH FIRE |
| 30 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armstrong in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Armstrong | - | The cooperative observer at Armstrong reported 3.64 inches of rain from mid afternoon thunderstorm clusters passing through central Kenedy County on October 9th. Estimated rainfall of 2 to 3 inches also fell in northern Willacy County as the clusters moved and developed toward the Lower Rio Grande Valley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turcotte | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Norias | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Julian | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rudolph | 16.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sarita | 20.5 miles | 8 | |
| La Parra Landing | 24.2 miles | 12 | |
| Yarborough | 29.4 miles | 11 |
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 Armstrong | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4793904 | 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 1377953. 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.