BlockMatilda, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Edna-Cordele census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77957. The Survey maps it on the Edna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Edna quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Edna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Matilda between 2009 and 2020, burning about 2,032 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 408 FIRE |
| 5 February 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 234 |
| 28 February 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AIRPORT FIRE FEEDER RD |
| 28 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 59/JACKSON CO. CR 317 |
| 14 February 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 112 |
| 7 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHELBY PARK FIRE |
| 5 January 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUNK YARD |
| 27 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 110 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Matilda in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Matilda | $20,000 | An EF0 tornado took the roof off of a home. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Matilda | $10,000 | Numerous roads impassable in the Edna area along with water in a couple residential homes and a retirement home in Ganado. Large dumpsters floating in some Ganado streets. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Matilda | $1,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Matilda | - | Law enforcement reported multiple roads in Edna covered in floodwaters from heavy rain. A few vehicles were reported as stranded. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Matilda | - | US 59 Frontage roads in the Edna area were flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Toro | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Edna | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Manson | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Olive | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Navidad | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Red Bluff | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Vanderbilt | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ganado | 10.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380153. 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.