BlockMonthalia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. It lies near Watson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cost quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cost quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Monthalia between 2000 and 2015, burning about 211 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 103 |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORNUNG |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 27 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GONZALES C.WATER SUPPLY |
| 19 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK FOREST |
| 4 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAR DITCH |
| 23 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monthalia in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Hail | Monthalia | - | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail near the H-4 dam on Lake Gonzales. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Monthalia | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. FM 466 was washed out at Dulling Creek near Monthalia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Forest | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Smithville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bebe | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cost | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Saint James | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wrightsboro | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Summerville | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Monthalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711053 | 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 1378699. 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.