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Nemo, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Glen Rose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76070. It stands on Georges Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nemo quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Nemo within Somervell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

18 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Nemo between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,097 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIME PLANT
14 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R.2960
9 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined110 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGEORGES CREEK 2
29 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use46 acresTexas A & M Forest Service199
8 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBONO 108
25 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 2960
21 March 2008Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 March 2008Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Somervell County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Nemo: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Capital Silica PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Capital Silica Plant and QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Charlie Phillips Crushed RockStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tarrant Concrete PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Texas Industries Cleburne PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilbanks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Somervell County

Storms near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nemo in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007LightningNemo$100,000Lightning started a fire at a natural gas facility. Four saltwater storage tanks and other equipment was destroyed.
May 2016FloodNemo$15,000Several roads across the county remained closed due to flooding. The flooding continued into June 1st.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNemo$15,000Several metal barns, outbuildings, and fences were damaged. A sheriff's patrol car was damaged by a falling limb. Numerous trees were uprooted or broken off at their trunks.
December 2013LightningNemo$10,000A lightning strike started a fire at a gas well on CR 308 just north of Highway 67 between Glen Rose and Cleburne.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNemo$4,000Tree limbs were knocked down on ranch property in the Nemo area. The metal roof was also peeled off a barn.
June 2016FloodNemo-Several roads across the county remained barricaded due to flooding that began on May 31st.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindNemo-Large tree limbs were blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindNemo-Strong winds blew down a large tree.
October 1994HailNemo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Somervell 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
Georges Creek2.5 miles19
Rainbow3.3 miles19
Glen Rose5.7 miles15
Seven Knobs9.0 miles17
Glass10.9 miles15

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 NemoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1977207The 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 1378734. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.