BlockIndianola, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Port Lavaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77979. It stands on Indianola Island. The Survey maps it on the Keller Bay quadrangle.
On record in Indianola
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 1 record
La Salle Monumentlisted 2018
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Keller Bay quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Indianola between 2008 and 2020, burning about 5,919 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWDERHORN |
| 28 July 2020 | Natural | 159 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | WHITMIRE THREAT |
| 16 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,400 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | TATTON ASSIST 2 |
| 2 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG DUKES |
| 11 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTH POWDERHORN |
| 5 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | TATTON ASSIST #1 |
| 3 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWDERHORN RANCH |
| 11 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAGNOLIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indianola in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Indianola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianola | - | Two boats were capsized just offshore. An RV and shed were completely destroyed along State Highway 316. A home along Brighton Ave lost a few shingles and farther south along Comal St, a power pole was snapped in half and others were damaged to a lesser extent. All damage over land was strewn to the southeast, consistent with straight-line winds. |
| May 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Indianola | - | Funnel cloud reported to the west of Indianola. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Beach | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Port O'Connor | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Alamo Beach | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Olivia | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Port Lavaca | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Port Alto | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Schicke Point Community | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| El Campo Club Community | 12.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Indianola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q972308 | 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 1360000. 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.