BlockNewlin, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Memphis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79245. The Survey maps it on the Estelline quadrangle. It stands 1,798 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Estelline quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Estelline quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Newlin between 2007 and 2020, burning about 725 acres in total. 6 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ESTELLINE CORD 31 |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADLEY RANCH #2 |
| 21 August 2010 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADLEY RANCH #1 |
| 30 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RESTART FROM TRUCK FIRE |
| 26 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR I FIRE |
| 26 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10 SOUTH 287 R&R |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newlin in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Newlin | $40,000 | Torrential rainfall for several hours near Newlin and areas upstream from the evening of the 4th through the early morning hours of the 5th caused flash flooding along US Highway 287 from Estelline to Newlin. Additional flash flooding was observed along Farm to Market Road 1619 east of Newlin. Rainfall estimates ranged from 5 to 6 inches just upstream of the flash flooded area. Initial reports from Hall County indicated that US Highway 287 was closed due to high water from Estelline to Memphis. Flood waters were deep enough to completely cover the tires of a sheriff deputy's vehicle. Several other vehicles entered high water causing the vehicles to become disabled which resulted in one high water rescue. A 200 foot portion of pavement of Farm to Market Road 1619 was washed out by flash flooding. Furthermore, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was unable to proceed in the flooded area due to high water. Many travelers became stranded in Estelline while traveling to Amarillo due to several detours being inundated with high water. US Highway 287 was reopened at 0900 CST on the morning of the 5th. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newlin | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed several barns and blew down trees and power lines. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Newlin | $400 | The public reported a windshield was damaged by golf ball size hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Newlin | - | A swath of hail was observed by storm chasers along US Highway 287 north-northwest of Estelline. Hail ranged in size from quarters to half dollars. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Newlin | - | A storm chaser estimated hen egg size hail 5NNW Estelline. No damage was reported. |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Newlin | - | Broadcast media relayed a report of a landspout tornado along US Highway 287 between Memphis and Estelline. No damage was reported. |
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 Newlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7018354 | 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 1363846. 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.