Joplin, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Perrin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76426. It lies near Wampler Hill. The Survey maps it on the Gibtown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gibtown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Joplin between 2005 and 2016, burning about 3,933 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OILFIELD RD FIRE |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GROVELAND |
| 13 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joplin in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2011: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Hail | Joplin | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Joplin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gibtown | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Vineyard | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Perrin | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wizard Wells | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksboro | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bartons Chapel | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Maryetta | 14.8 miles | 7 |
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 Joplin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6276165 | 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 1378503. 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.




