BlockCarbondale, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Dalby Springs-Simms census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75574. It stands on Rice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Corley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Carbondale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,259 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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 | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 638 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 549 CR1116 |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1112 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 395 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbondale in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Lightning | Carbondale | 1 hurt | A 21 year old male was struck by lightning in the community of Simms, Texas. The man was working on an oil rig when lightning struck the oil derrick. The man was treated at a local hospital from burns but was released. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Carbondale | - | Flash flooding was reported on several county roads in and around the Simms community. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Carbondale | - | Quarter size hail reported just east of Simms, Texas. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbondale | - | Spotter reports power lines were downed near Simms, Texas. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Carbondale | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380824. 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.