BlockLoma Alta, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Del Rio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78840. The Survey maps it on the Open Hollow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1944 USGS Dry Devil quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Open Hollow quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Camp Wood quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Loma Alta between 2011 and 2018, burning about 255 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS DRAW FIRE |
| 14 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOMA ALTO |
| 14 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAR U FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loma Alta in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2008: 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2007 | Flash Flood | Loma Alta | $10,000 | Thunderstorms from the early morning into the mid morning across eastern Val Verde County and western Edwards County produced widespread rain amounts of 3 to 5 inches from Loma Alta to Del Rio. Streets in Del Rio were closed due to flash flooding from 0400CST through 0800CST. At 0700 CST, the Val Verde County Sheriff's Department reported that cars had been washed off US277 south of Loma Alta. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Loma Alta | - | Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rain amounts between Loma Alta and Carta Valley. US377 was closed at its junction with US277 south of Loma Alta. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Loma Alta | - | With soils soaked from heavy rainfall on the previous day, thunderstorms produced an additional 2 to 3 inches of rain in the Loma Alta area during the early afternoon. Flash flooding developed in the mid afternoon and ended in the early evening. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Loma Alta | - | Thunderstorms forming between Loma Alta, Rocksprings, and Leakey remained nearly stationary for up to 3 hours in the mid to late afternoon. The storms produced a 3 inch rainfall near Loma Alta that closed US377. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Loma Alta | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Loma Alta | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Loma Alta | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Loma Alta | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Loma Alta | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Loma Alta | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Loma Alta | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Loma Alta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinegarone | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Corner Windmill | 18.4 miles | 6 | |
| Bakers Crossing | 20.0 miles | 7 | |
| Devils Shores | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| Juno | 24.2 miles | 6 | |
| Rough Canyon Colonia | 25.7 miles | 8 | |
| Comstock | 26.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lull | 29.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378595. 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.