Mahl, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75965. The Survey maps it on the Nacogdoches North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1952 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nacogdoches North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Mahl between 1992 and 2020, burning about 904 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 burning | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 530 |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 529 |
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 489 |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NACOGDOCHES 17:34 |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 509 |
| 4 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON-7121 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mahl in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Mahl | - | Golf ball size hail reported near the intersection of FM Road 698 and County Road 819 near the Central Heights community. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Mahl | - | High water over both lanes of Highway 21 West and on Farm to Market Road 225 in and west of Nacogdoches. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Mahl | - | Water was across several roadways in the city of Nacogdoches, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Redland | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Central Heights | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Caro | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Redfield | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Appleby | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Trawick | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Linn Flat | 4.9 miles | 11 |
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 Mahl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28095128 | 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 1380131. 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.






