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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.

New Ulm within Austin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 2000

Regional 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
26 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
10 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePASTURE /BRUSHPILE FIRE
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 109
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN FELIPE RD.
31 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 87
3 June 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceZIMMERSCHEIDT ROAD FIRE
24 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
1 June 2003Debris and open burning65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Austin County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000HailNew Ulm$15,000no account filed
February 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Ulm$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in and around the Columbus area.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindNew Ulm$5,000Trees down in New Ulm and in Bellville.
March 2002HailNew Ulm$5,000no account filed
December 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Ulm$3,000Trees blown down along FM 109.
February 1998HailNew Ulm$3,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNew Ulm-Thunderstorm winds caused some damage along FM 1094.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Ulm-A large tree was blown over by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2007Flash FloodNew Ulm-Water over impassable FM 109.

Every storm recorded in Austin 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
Post Oak Point3.2 miles9
New Bremen5.0 miles10
Industry5.6 miles9
Rock House5.7 miles9
Rockhouse5.7 miles9
Nelsonville7.4 miles10
Bleiblerville8.3 miles10
Krebsville8.4 miles9

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 UlmAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7012183The 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.