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Maryneal, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roscoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79535. The Survey maps it on the Maryneal quadrangle. It stands 2,566 feet above sea level.

Maryneal within Nolan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

47 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Maryneal between 2006 and 2020, burning about 7,987 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined22
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning2
Natural1

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
21 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARYNEAL GRASSFIRE
21 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUNCY FIRE
15 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution487 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEWSOM
31 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEARS RANCH
15 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest Service69 FIRE
15 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined682 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceM & M RANCH FIRE
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined130 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD BRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nolan 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 Maryneal: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mary-Neal Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Nolan County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maryneal in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 19 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2012HailMaryneal1 hurtHail broke several skylights in a home which resulted in minor cuts of a resident.
May 1997HailMaryneal$25,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMaryneal$18,000Numerous power poles were knocked down.
May 2002HailMaryneal$15,000A severe thunderstorm produced damage to several cars at a camp near Maryneal.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMaryneal$1,000Large tree branches down.
September 2018Flash FloodMaryneal-Texas Division of Emergency Management reported closure of FM 1170 south of Maryneal due to flooding.
April 2016HailMaryneal-The public reported hen egg size hail three miles west of Maryneal. The large hail broke windows out of a pickup truck.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Maryneal-A brief tornado was seen by the public with no damage reported.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Maryneal-Spotters reported a brief tornado.
May 2002HailMaryneal-A second severe thunderstorm moves into Maryneal producing golfball size hail.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMaryneal-Winds estimated at 60 mph.
May 1999HailMaryneal-Tennis ball size hail reported in Maryneal.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Maryneal-A tornado briefly touched down near the community of Maryneal.
May 1999HailMaryneal-Hail up to the size of softballs was reported near Maryneal in central Nolan County.
May 1994HailMaryneal-Widespread severe thunderstorms and flash flooding occurred across the eastern Permian Basin, northern Concho Valley, and Big Country from the afternoon of the 10th to the early morning of the 11th. Severe wind gusts occurred in Nolan County, Blackwell, and northeast Coke County, Oak Creek Reservoir. Two homes and several sheds were damaged near the reservoir, with trees and power lines also downed in the area. Damages were estimated at $75,000. One home was damaged in Blackwell. This storm moved into northwest Runnels County, where winds slightly damaged a home in Wingate. Flash flooding near Lake Sweetwater closed Farm-to-Market Road 1856 at 1350 CST. Low water crossings were flooded on Highway 70 east of Maryneal at 1350 CST. More heavy rains caused additional flash flooding on roads near Maryneal at 1710 CST, temporarily isolating that community. Two separate flash floods occurred in southern Mitchell County along Beals Creek and the Colorado River. This caused the closure of Highway 163 south of Colorado City. In Howard County, rainfall in excess of five inches caused widespread flooding in Big Spring. SKYWARN spotters reported a tornado in Howard County six miles east-southeast of Coahoma at 0230 CST. This tornado moved northeast for over three miles. It ended in extreme western Mitchell County about nine miles southwest of Westbrook at 0245 CST. At 0430 CST, Nolan County Sheriff's Office reported flooding over most roads in southern Nolan County.
April 2016HailMaryneal-no account filed
October 2015HailMaryneal-no account filed
April 2015HailMaryneal-no account filed
May 2012HailMaryneal-no account filed
May 2005HailMaryneal-no account filed
October 2004Thunderstorm WindMaryneal-no account filed
April 2003HailMaryneal-no account filed
April 2003HailMaryneal-no account filed
April 2003HailMaryneal-no account filed
May 1999HailMaryneal-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindMaryneal-no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodMaryneal-no account filed
July 1995HailMaryneal-no account filed
May 1994HailMaryneal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nolan 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
Nolan11.3 miles14
Shaufler11.5 miles13
Champion12.4 miles8
Blackwell12.4 miles13
Hylton15.1 miles12
Roscoe15.3 miles9
Avenger Village15.5 miles13
Brownlee15.8 miles8

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 MarynealAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6781650The 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 1341044. 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.