Nelta, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Hopkins-Sulphur Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75437. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sulphur Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Nelta between 2003 and 2018, burning about 288 acres in total. 2 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2011 | Natural | 39 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 629 |
| 20 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 597 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPKINS 15:57 |
| 28 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 December 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 365 |
| 25 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | 142 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 180 |
| 13 October 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN-689 |
| 5 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nelta in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nelta | - | The Hopkins County Sheriff reported large trees down near the intersection of CR 3563 and CR 3562 midway between Dike and Sulphur Bluff. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Nelta | - | Quarter size hail fell in the town of Nelta. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Shirley | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sandhill | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Flora | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hatchetville | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dike | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sulphur Bluff | 4.6 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542392 | 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 1380241. 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.




