BlockClemville, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tidehaven census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77414. The Survey maps it on the Midfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Midfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Midfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Clemville between 2007 and 2017, burning about 1,358 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1455 CR 450 |
| 5 July 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EL DARADO |
| 13 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 May 2011 | Smoking | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT FEILD |
| 2 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 71N |
| 5 January 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Clemville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Mine | Halite | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Texas Brine Corp Salt Plant | Salt | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clemville in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Clemville | $30,000 | Tornado touched down in town of Clemville damaging the roofs of two homes. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemville | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn, an air conditioning window unit, and a pump house. There were also numerous trees downed in the yard. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548873 | 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 1354653. 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.