Nelsonville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Industry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77418. The Survey maps it on the New Ulm quadrangle. It stands 302 feet above sea level.
On record in Nelsonville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Roesler Houselisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bellville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Nelsonville between 2006 and 2014, burning about 66 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID GIVEN |
| 14 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ GLAZEAR |
| 14 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ BRAVENEC |
| 19 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 6 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 58 |
| 13 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ ARNING |
| 5 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (INDUSTRY VFD) |
| 1 November 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PLUM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nelsonville in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Nelsonville | - | FM 2754 near Bleiberville was closed due to flooodwaters making the roadway impassable. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Nelsonville | - | FM 2754 near East Mill Creek was impassable due to floodwaters covering the roadway, resulting in the closure of the road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nelsonville | - | Large trees were knocked down and tree limbs were snapped near Shupak Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bleiblerville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| New Bremen | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Industry | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Welcome | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kenney | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wehdem | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| New Wehdem | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Post Oak Point | 7.3 miles | 9 |
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 Nelsonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711127 | 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 1363667. 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.




