Mabelle, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seymour Rural census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76380. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Lake Kemp quadrangle. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Southeast Lake Kemp quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Kemp quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Mabelle between 2011 and 2019, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 6 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MABELLE GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MABELLE GRASS |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 208 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WAGGONER,EAST 183N. |
| 8 August 2017 | Natural | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA ESCALARA |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DITCH FIRES PAST MABELLE |
| 26 August 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLDFISH FIRE |
| 17 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WAGGONER CAMP |
| 7 July 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM1790 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mabelle in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 33 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mabelle | $500 | Shingles were blown off a roof. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mabelle | $10 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed 2-inch tree limbs. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mabelle | $10 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed 2-inch tree limbs. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Mabelle | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Mabelle | - | The location is approximate. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Mabelle | - | Relayed via social media. Hailfall likely occurred prior to report (1720-1730 CST). |
| September 2023 | Hail | Mabelle | - | Social media video showing quarter to half dollar size hail. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Mabelle | - | Mping report. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Mabelle | - | Water covered the road at the intersection of FM 422 and 210. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Mabelle | - | US 283/183 was closed due to high water. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Mabelle | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in western north Texas around mid-morning on the 25th, then moved eastward through late morning. These storms produced hail as large as quarters, reported near Lake Diversion in Baylor County. |
| February 1994 | Hail | Mabelle | - | An isolated thunderstorm late in the evening on the 28th produced hail up to dime-size. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Mabelle | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Mabelle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lively | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fulda | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Seymour | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ogden | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Westover | 13.5 miles | 8 | |
| Red Springs | 15.0 miles | 7 | |
| Round Timber | 16.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bomarton | 18.9 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 Mabelle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6721555 | 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 1380119. 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.



