BlockMinerva, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rockdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76567. It stands on Sanders Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Minerva between 2005 and 2020, burning about 568 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILLEY GRASSFIRE |
| 3 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE |
| 20 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGREGGOR |
| 2 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 235 * RODMAN |
| 30 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77 S. FIRES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minerva in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minerva | - | Tree damage was reported at Highway 77 and County Road 232 Loop. Oak trees were snapped and there were multiple broken tree limbs 6 inches in diameter along Highway 77. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Minerva | - | Milam County Sheriff's Department reported quarter-sized hail in the city of Minerva, TX. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362948. 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.