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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.

Mabelle within Baylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

18 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMABELLE GRASS FIRE
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMABELLE GRASS
21 September 2011Natural208 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWAGGONER,EAST 183N.
8 August 2017Natural600 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLA ESCALARA
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDITCH FIRES PAST MABELLE
26 August 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOLDFISH FIRE
17 August 2011Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWAGGONER CAMP
7 July 2019Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE FM1790

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baylor County

Storms near this place

41 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2001Thunderstorm WindMabelle$500Shingles were blown off a roof.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMabelle$10Severe thunderstorm winds downed 2-inch tree limbs.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMabelle$10Severe thunderstorm winds downed 2-inch tree limbs.
April 2025HailMabelle-The report was relayed through mPING.
September 2025HailMabelle-The location is approximate.
May 2023HailMabelle-Relayed via social media. Hailfall likely occurred prior to report (1720-1730 CST).
September 2023HailMabelle-Social media video showing quarter to half dollar size hail. Time is radar estimated.
May 2020HailMabelle-Mping report.
September 2016Flash FloodMabelle-Water covered the road at the intersection of FM 422 and 210.
June 2007Flash FloodMabelle-US 283/183 was closed due to high water.
March 1995HailMabelle-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 1994HailMabelle-An isolated thunderstorm late in the evening on the 28th produced hail up to dime-size.
June 2022HailMabelle-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMabelle-no account filed
May 2020HailMabelle-no account filed
June 2019HailMabelle-no account filed
March 2018HailMabelle-no account filed
April 2016HailMabelle-no account filed
May 2013HailMabelle-no account filed
March 2008HailMabelle-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMabelle-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMabelle-no account filed
May 2004HailMabelle-no account filed
April 2003HailMabelle-no account filed
April 2003HailMabelle-no account filed
April 2003HailMabelle-no account filed
June 2003HailMabelle-no account filed
May 2003HailMabelle-no account filed
April 2002HailMabelle-no account filed
May 2001HailMabelle-no account filed
May 2000HailMabelle-no account filed
May 1999HailMabelle-no account filed
June 1998HailMabelle-no account filed
June 1998HailMabelle-no account filed
June 1998HailMabelle-no account filed
June 1998HailMabelle-no account filed
June 1998HailMabelle-no account filed
October 1997HailMabelle-no account filed
April 1996HailMabelle-no account filed
April 1996HailMabelle-no account filed
April 1995HailMabelle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baylor 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
Lively5.6 miles7
Fulda6.3 miles7
Seymour8.3 miles7
Ogden11.9 miles7
Westover13.5 miles8
Red Springs15.0 miles7
Round Timber16.6 miles8
Bomarton18.9 miles7

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 MabelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6721555The 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.