BlockNimrod, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76437. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1931 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Nimrod between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,852 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CACTUS JULE |
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUDDERTH |
| 5 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 153 |
| 28 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COWBOY FIRE |
| 27 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 137 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nimrod in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 2015 | Tornado (EF3) | Nimrod | 1 killed, 2 hurt, $300,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey crew found evidence of EF-3 damage to the south of the city of Cisco. The tornado began as a small funnel, just west of State Highway 206, before making a slow trek eastward. As the tornado grew, the damage occurred to several buildings along U.S. 183. One house was completely destroyed, along with a mobile home just to the south of the main house. Two cars, one tractor, and several farm implements were tossed over one mile to the east with this tornado. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scranton | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mitchell | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Romney | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Top | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sabanno | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dothan | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Union Center | 8.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378757. 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.