Inadale, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hermleigh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79545. The Survey maps it on the Inadale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Inadale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Inadale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 15,275 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 111 NORTH |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 & CR 4194 |
| 2 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 MITCHELL COUNTY |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 MITCHELL COUNTY |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | S HWY 84 INADALE |
| 30 June 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inadale in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inadale | - | A thunderstorm moved across Scurry County and produced an estimated 80 mph wind gust in Inadale, TX. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inadale | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Inadale | - | Heavy rain fell across Scurry County and produced flash flooding two miles northwest of Inadale. Since no damage was reported, the cost of damage is assumed to be zero. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Inadale | - | A landspout was reported by the public via social media. The landspout lasted a few short minutes in farmland in southeast Scurry County. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Inadale | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Inadale | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Inadale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Grove | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hermleigh | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dunn | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Camp Springs | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ira | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Snyder | 17.4 miles | 10 | |
| Union | 21.1 miles | 10 |
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 Q122539999 | 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 1338380. 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.



