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Loma, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77831. The Survey maps it on the Loma quadrangle.

Loma within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

140 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Loma between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,894 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism5
Other causes2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,035 acresLivingston AreaHOPEWELL FIRE
4 September 2010Natural101 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 309
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined650 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 384
3 September 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9458 CR 227
3 September 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R. 227 TREE
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 430
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Loma: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Precinct 2 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loma in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2012Flash FloodLoma$50,000A band of moderate to heavy rainfall caused flooding in and around Grimes and Huntsville. Numerous road closures and stalled cars were reported in the town of Navasota with additional closures in and around the communities of Anderson and Huntsville.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindLoma$10,000A tin roof was damaged on a home along Loma Road west of Huntsville.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLoma$9,000Trees and power lines were downed along State Highway 30.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLoma$8,000A carport was flattened with some damage to an adjacent structure.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLoma-Trees were downed near Birdwell Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLoma-Trees were downed near Morgan Road.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Loma-The weak tornado lasted approximately three minutes around one mile east of Monaville.

Every storm recorded in Walker County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wesley Grove1.1 miles10
Goshen6.2 miles14
San Jacinto6.2 miles14
Galilee9.1 miles10
Crabbs Prairie9.9 miles11
Bath11.5 miles13
Mossy Grove12.2 miles10
Pine Hill13.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380102. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.