BlockGardendale, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cotulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78014. The Survey maps it on the Millett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Dilley quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Millett quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Dilley quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
80 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Gardendale between 2005 and 2019, burning about 612 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 469 W @ DANIELS RD |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 469 3 MILES FROM FM 468 |
| 30 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 35 GRASSFIRE |
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREY AVE GARDENDALE |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM72 W SIDE |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM77HI35 |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM74 GRASSFIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardendale in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Gardendale | $100,000 | Texas Department of Transportation reported Interstate 35 north of Millet was closed due to flooding. Bulldozers are being used to help push cars and trucks out of high water north of Cotulla. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Gardendale | $50,000 | A tornado moved across a ranch and damaged a couple of barns. Three trees were uprooted and many branches were broken. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millett | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cotulla | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Zamora Acres Colonia | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Woodward | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Los Angeles | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Dull | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Artesia Wells | 16.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fowlerton | 21.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q49350917 | 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 1379823. 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.