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Corbyn, 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.

Corbyn within Comal County

On record in Corbyn

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

72 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Corbyn between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,339 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111369
13 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWESTON
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEIL ROAD

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 Corbyn: 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

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corbyn in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 2025HailCorbyn-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Schertz.
March 2017Flash FloodCorbyn-A thunderstorm produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to a water rescue near Hubertus Rd. and FM482.
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Corbyn-A tornado initially occurred at the end of Dedeke Dr. near the Dry Comal Creek. This tornado primarily produced minor tree damage (DI TS, DOD 3) as it traveled to the northeast before lifting northeast of Tonne Dr. E. Only a few homes were affected.
May 2016Flash FloodCorbyn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing several roads in southern and central parts of the county.
October 2011Flash FloodCorbyn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding that closed Schoenthall Road at the 10200 block.

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
Comal0.6 miles14
Ogden1.6 miles11
Solms3.6 miles14
Dittlinger3.7 miles14
Garden Ridge3.9 miles11
Jentsch Acres5.1 miles14
Bracken5.3 miles11
New Braunfels6.9 miles14

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 Q122596187The 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 1378158. 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.