Nogalus, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Apple Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75847. The Survey maps it on the Centralia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Nogalus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 924 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 245 |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 523 |
| 30 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 164 |
| 29 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRINITY 15:12 |
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | 20 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | NOGALUS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nogalus in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nogalus | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Nogalus | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed (via MPING). |
| April 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Nogalus | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Point | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Centralia | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Crecy | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Friendship | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Centerville | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Apple Springs | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Helmic | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 9.0 miles | 10 |
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 Nogalus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7047444 | 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 1382400. 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.






