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Comal, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels West quadrangle.

Comal within Comal County

On record in Comal

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

80 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Comal between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,539 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-30
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-62
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEIDERSTEIN FIRE
17 September 2019Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3500 IH 35 S FIRE
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD121381
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3183 IH 35 S FIRE
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111369
13 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWESTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Comal: 7 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brauntex MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ComalStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
General Portland Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gifford Hill Ogden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
New Braunfels Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
New Braunfels Quarry & Plant No.265Limestone, GeneralProducer
Ogden QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Comal County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Comal in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 5 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2022HailComal-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail between Schertz and New Braunfels.
April 2016Flash FloodComal-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Schoenthal Rd. between FM1863 and FM3009 near Rockwall Ranch.
May 2014Flash FloodComal-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing many low water crossings in eastern Comal County.
September 2010Flash FloodComal-Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding which closed parts of County Road 1337 and Smithson Valley Road.
June 2010Flash FloodComal-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused one foot of water to flow across Covers Cove in the Northcliffe Scenic Hills subdivision in Schertz.
October 2009Flash FloodComal-Portions of Farm to Market road 1863 were closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Comal County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Corbyn0.6 miles14
Ogden2.0 miles11
Solms3.1 miles14
Dittlinger3.4 miles14
Garden Ridge4.4 miles11
Jentsch Acres4.8 miles14
Bracken5.7 miles11
New Braunfels6.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1333165. 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.