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Maple, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Sand Hills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79346. The Survey maps it on the Maple quadrangle. It stands 3,875 feet above sea level.

Maple within Bailey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

22 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Maple between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,472 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 August 2019Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2019098
21 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2018131
16 August 2018Natural500 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2018127
12 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2018122
11 August 2011Natural40 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011083
8 June 2010Natural60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010046
25 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2012042
14 June 2009Natural60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009047

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bailey County

Storms near this place

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMaple$150,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of the school and destroyed several center pivot irrigation systems.
October 2007HailMaple$5,000Law enforcement officials reported that tennis ball size hail fell in the community of Maple from an isolated severe thunderstorm over southern Bailey county. No significant damage was reported.
May 2022HailMaple-Several storm chasers reported a swath of hail between ping pong ball size and 2.25 inches in far southern Bailey County. No damage was reported.
May 2008HailMaple-Local farmers reported hail up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter northwest of Maple. The hail resulted in no agricultural damage since crops were recently planted, and had not yet sprouted.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Maple-The Bailey County Sheriff's Office reported a brief tornado touchdown over open country.
June 2003HailMaple-The Bailey County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
May 2001HailMaple-Personnel at the Maple Gin reported golfball size hail.
August 2006HailMaple-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMaple-no account filed
July 2004HailMaple-no account filed
July 2004HailMaple-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMaple-no account filed
May 2003HailMaple-no account filed
June 2003HailMaple-no account filed
May 2001HailMaple-no account filed
May 2001HailMaple-no account filed
May 1999HailMaple-no account filed
May 1999HailMaple-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bailey 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
Goodland4.4 miles7
Enochs7.5 miles7
Stegall11.1 miles9
Baileyboro13.0 miles8
Bula14.5 miles9
Needmore15.3 miles8
Circleback17.7 miles8
Fairview23.0 miles9

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 MapleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711007The 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 1362157. 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.