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Newsome, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Leesburg-Newsome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75451. It stands on Patterson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newsome quadrangle.

Newsome within Camp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

321 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Newsome between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,338 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 20 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
Debris and open burning198
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural17
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3522
9 September 2003Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 232
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use48 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6300
8 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6227
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 134
6 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 556
6 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE ON 4460

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camp County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newsome: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
New Hope Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Camp County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newsome in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 1996Tornado (F0)Newsome1 hurt, $10,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNewsome$30,000The wind damaged the siding to several homes and a large wooden pool enclosure was destroyed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNewsome-Trees and power lines were downed in the Newsome community.
April 2016Flash FloodNewsome-Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout Camp County.
April 2011HailNewsome-Dime sized hail was reported in the Newsome and Holly Spings areas.
October 2009Flash FloodNewsome-Several roads across the county were flooded and closed.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindNewsome-A few trees downed along Hwy 11 at Newsome.
October 1996HailNewsome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Camp 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
Leesburg3.0 miles12
Rocky Mound6.8 miles8
Matinburg7.2 miles12
Hickory Hill7.3 miles12
Pittsburg9.3 miles12
Crossroads9.9 miles12
Macedonia10.0 miles8
Pine10.0 miles12

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 NewsomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q110363172The 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 1342572. 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.