New Davy, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yorktown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78164. The Survey maps it on the New Davy quadrangle.
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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Davy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of New Davy between 2006 and 2020, burning about 154 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY LINE |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT CULLPEPPER |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANK KOZIELSKI RD. |
| 30 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL SITE WINGNUT LEO NELSON RD. |
| 15 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVELL BLAIN |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINKE RD. & FM 108 |
| 8 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE MEISCHEN AND CHODRE RD. ON FM2656 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of New Davy: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conoco Conquista Friar-Knandel Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Finch-Hartman Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Korth-Hartman-Finch Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Thomas Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Thomas-Knandel-Dybowski Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Davy in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Davy | $100,000 | A large radio tower approximately 300 ft tall came down in 60 mph winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Davy | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Garfield | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gruenau | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Cotton Patch | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Nopal | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kubala Store | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Yorktown | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nordheim | 9.3 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 Q122569083 | 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 1380247. 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.




