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Newgulf, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Boling-Newgulf census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77420. The Survey maps it on the Boling quadrangle.

Newgulf within Wharton 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

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Newgulf between 2008 and 2013, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning7
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePLEDGER HOUSE/TREE
15 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTOWNSEND TRASH/BRUSH
14 August 2013Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURN BAN 1
8 May 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePLEDGER-WMS RD
9 March 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePLEDGER HWY
17 March 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIAMS RD PASTURE
10 November 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePLEDGER PO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wharton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newgulf: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Barium-Barite, Iron, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, Sulfur. 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
Boling DomeSulfurPast Producer1922, 1929
Boling Dome MineSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Barium-Barite, Iron, Zinc, Lead, ManganeseProducer1923, 1928

Every working recorded in Wharton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newgulf in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindNewgulf$25,000Tree down in Newgulf with power lines down across county.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNewgulf$1,000A tree was downed off of New Gulf Road.
February 2016Tornado (EF0)Newgulf-This EF-0 tornado destroyed three sheds. Three residences also sustained structural damage. Irrigation equipment was damaged as the tornado crossed a grass field. Trees and power lines were downed, and parts of County Road 100 were blocked by debris.

Every storm recorded in Wharton 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
Newgulf Junction1.8 miles10
Don-Tol2.4 miles10
Boling2.4 miles10
Iago3.7 miles10
Burr6.8 miles10
Lane City7.2 miles9
Cane Junction7.6 miles10
Lefman8.2 miles10

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 NewgulfAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711144The 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 1363843. 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.