BlockNoelke, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mertzon South census division. It lies near Monument Hill. The Survey maps it on the Noelke quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1895 USGS Sherwood quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Noelke quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Noelke between 2006 and 2009, burning about 522 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MONTE NOELKE RANCH |
| 31 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CATHY RANCH |
| 20 May 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 May 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suggs | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Mertzon | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sherwood | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Barnhart | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Old Burk Place | 18.3 miles | 9 | |
| Arden | 22.1 miles | 12 | |
| Old Freitag Place | 22.9 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594579 | 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 1380258. 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.