Cele, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Northeast Travis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78653. The Survey maps it on the Pflugerville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Austin quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Pflugerville East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Pflugerville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Cele between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,741 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 325 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HODDE LANE FIRE |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LLANO CO. |
| 28 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0001126 |
| 26 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0000932 |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000806 |
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000778 |
| 16 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0001076 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cele in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Cele | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Several low water crossings were flooded along Cameron Rd. near Cele. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cele | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail near Pflugerville. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cele | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northeast of Pflugerville. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cele | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 58 kts. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cele | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down signs and blew the siding off buildings. |
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Cele | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding in Pflugerville. Several roads and low water crossings were not passable due to rising water. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cele | - | A thunderstorm associated with a strong arctic cold front produced a measured gust of 61 knots. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Sweden | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Carlson | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Manda | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Pflugerville | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ward Spring | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| New Katy | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dessau | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Windemere | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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 Cele | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5057553 | 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 1379522. 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.







