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Nix, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lometa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76853. It lies near Twin Sister Peaks. The Survey maps it on the Nix quadrangle.

Nix within Lampasas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

23 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Nix between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,188 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning6
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
23 September 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2006Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9000 N HWY 183
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11881 N 183
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14074 W FM 580
10 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHIPP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lampasas County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nix in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNix$2,000Large trees blown down in Nix and along FM 580.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindNix$2,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindNix-Amateur radio operators reported thunderstorm winds between 60 and 70 mph west of Nix. The location was one half mile east of the Lampasas River.
April 1997HailNix-no account filed
April 1997HailNix-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lampasas 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
Ogles (historical)4.7 miles14
Senterfitt7.2 miles13
Senterfitt (historical)7.5 miles13
Lometa7.7 miles13
Lampasas10.3 miles12
Radio Junction10.7 miles12
Sparks Crossing12.5 miles12
Red Bluff Crossing12.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034979. 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.