BlockMineral, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pettus-Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78146. The Survey maps it on the Mineral quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1936 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Mineral between 2005 and 2020, burning about 193 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORONADO |
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRUNWALD |
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 349 |
| 31 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENNEY |
| 16 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR104 |
| 3 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOB WHITE |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mineral in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineral | $100,000 | Pictures relayed through social media of significant property damage near Mineral. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineral | - | Tree reported blown down onto roadway. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Mineral | - | Received photo of rain gauge near Mineral, TX. Accompanies multiple reports of around 5 inches across Bee county. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Mineral | - | Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding of roadways in and around Beeville. FM 799 just east of La Para Rd. had 1-2 feet of flowing water over the road. U.S. 181 Business north of Beeville also had flowing water over the road. Many low-lying city streets were closed in Beeville due to flooding. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Mineral | - | Mobile home destroyed, roof damage to house next door. Near farm road 673 and Pioneer rd. |
| November 2001 | Hail | Mineral | - | 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.
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 Mineral | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6864255 | 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 1362942. 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.