New Ulm, 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 78950. The Survey maps it on the New Ulm quadrangle. 285 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.
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
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of New Ulm between 2000 and 2013, burning about 118 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE /BRUSHPILE FIRE |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 109 |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN FELIPE RD. |
| 31 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 87 |
| 3 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZIMMERSCHEIDT ROAD FIRE |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Ulm in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2000 | Hail | New Ulm | $15,000 | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Ulm | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in and around the Columbus area. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Ulm | $5,000 | Trees down in New Ulm and in Bellville. |
| March 2002 | Hail | New Ulm | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Ulm | $3,000 | Trees blown down along FM 109. |
| February 1998 | Hail | New Ulm | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Ulm | - | Thunderstorm winds caused some damage along FM 1094. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Ulm | - | A large tree was blown over by severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | New Ulm | - | Water over impassable FM 109. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Oak Point | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| New Bremen | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Industry | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Rock House | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rockhouse | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Nelsonville | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bleiblerville | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Krebsville | 8.4 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 New Ulm | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7012183 | 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 1363801. 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.




