Mereta, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76940. It stands on Dry Lipan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mereta quadrangle. It stands 1,755 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1892 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Eola quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Mereta quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Mereta between 2006 and 2020, burning about 516 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 765 |
| 1 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWELL LANE AND KKOTRLA RD |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE W FM 1692 |
| 29 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | F.M. 380 AND F.M. 381 |
| 1 July 2020 | Natural | 67 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHINNY RD |
| 8 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14873 F.M. 765 |
| 18 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARRINGTON RD |
| 20 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mereta in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Mereta | $150,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Flood | Mereta | - | Law enforcement reported FM 1692 was flooded at the Willow Creek bridge. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Mereta | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail 4 miles north-northwest of Mereta. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mereta | - | A trained spotter reported power poles blown down at the intersection of Farm to Market Rd 1692 and Broom Rd. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mereta | - | The public reported a steel frame structure and porta potties knocked down at the intersection of FM 380 and North 4th Road near Mereta. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Mereta | - | Half dollar size hail was reported by the public near Mereta. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Mereta | - | The San Angelo Department of Public Safety reported water over the road at the Concho River Bridge on Farm to Market road 1692. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Mereta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixteen Mile Crossing | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Seventeen Mile Crossing | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Veribest | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mullins Crossing | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vancourt | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wall | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sixmile Crossing | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Harriet | 11.3 miles | 15 |
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 Mereta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6819054 | 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 1362628. 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.






