BlockNewburg, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76442. It stands on Mercer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Newburg between 2006 and 2019, burning about 514 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GHOST LIGHT BRIDGE |
| 5 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDIAN RANCH FIRE |
| 17 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID COMANCHE |
| 29 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STOMP |
| 26 February 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLENENDEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newburg in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2009: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburg | $25,000 | A mobile home was blown over by high thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburg | $2,000 | Estimated winds of 65 mph were reported in Newburg. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Newburg | $2,000 | Golfball size hail was reported 1 mile south of Newburg. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Newburg | - | Penny size hail fell in Newburg. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Newburg | - | FM 1476 at Highway 36 and at FM 2561 was closed due to flooding. Numerous other roads were flooded as well including CR 340, 360, 376, and 392. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Newburg | - | Over three inches of rain resulted in flooding of roads in and around town. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Newburg | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Newburg | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Newburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110913288 | 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 1377178. 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.