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Moffat, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76502. The Survey maps it on the Moffat quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

Moffat within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

46 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Moffat between 2002 and 2020, burning about 691 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
23 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURGANDY LANE FIRE
20 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 38
4 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5012 CEDAR RIDGE
4 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINKLER PARK FIRE
30 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11530 BUCKHORN
3 August 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10684 ST 36

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moffat in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
November 1996Thunderstorm WindMoffat3 hurt, $150,000no account filed
April 2008HailMoffat$30,000Softball-size hail was reported in Moffat.
April 2008HailMoffat$25,000Baseball-size hail was reported at Morgan's Point Resort.
April 2008HailMoffat$25,000Tennis ball-size hail was reported at Morgan's Point Resort.
March 2017HailMoffat$10,000Amateur radio operators reported on inch diameter hail in Moffat.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMoffat$10,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMoffat$7,000Thunderstorm winds caused damage to Pier 36 Marina in Cedar Ridge Park at Lake Belton. The walkway to the main dock was damaged, one dock separated from the main dock, and metal was also peeled off a building.
April 2008HailMoffat$5,000Golfball-hail was reported in Moffat.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMoffat$2,000Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 65 MPH in Moffat.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMoffat$1,000Trees were blown down in Moffat.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMoffat-A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust with a handheld anemometer in Morgan's Point Resort.
November 2018HailMoffat-A trained spotter produced pictures of one-inch diameter hail in the city of Morgan's Point, TX.
March 2017HailMoffat-Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail in the community of Moffat, TX.
March 2017HailMoffat-A second area of quarter sized hail fell in Moffat.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMoffat-Four to five inch diameter limbs from a cedar tree were blown down in the city of Morgan's Point.
April 2009HailMoffat-Nickel size hail fell in Morgan's Point Resort.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMoffat-Large trees were blown down by high winds.
June 1995HailMoffat-Extensive wind damage occurred to homes and businesses. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2013HailMoffat-no account filed
April 2000HailMoffat-no account filed
April 1996HailMoffat-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bell 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
Jubilee Springs2.3 miles16
White Hall2.4 miles16
Bland2.6 miles19
Owl Creek3.0 miles19
Morgans Point Resort3.6 miles16
Union Hill4.5 miles19
Woodland4.9 miles16
Meador Grove5.9 miles16

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 MoffatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6890337The 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 1363026. 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.