Nolan, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blackwell-Nolan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79537. The Survey maps it on the Nolan quadrangle. It stands 2,493 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Merkel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Nolan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Nolan between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,622 acres in total. 5 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 179 AND HIGHWAY 153 |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH 70 |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH BALCH RANCH FIRE |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH EAST CLACK RANCH FIRE |
| 22 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE R RANCH GRASS FIRE |
| 18 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOUSH RANCH FIRE ON C. R.196 |
| 15 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLACK RANCH FIRE |
| 15 August 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PECAN |
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nolan in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Nolan | $2,000,000 | An EF-2 tornado touched down in southeast Nolan County and continued into Taylor County. About 14.5 miles southeast of Sweetwater, drone footage provided by AES Wind Generation Plant showed the EF-2 tornado damaged a large windmill turbine and tore off other windmill blades. The twister also caused roof damage to a residence and knocked down some high powered transmission poles and power lines. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Nolan | $6,000 | The tornado damaged weak structures such as sheds. A windmill was demolished and some trees were shredded. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nolan | $5,000 | A car was blown over. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nolan | $5,000 | Roofs torn off of buildings and large trees blown down. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Nolan | $5,000 | Baseball-size hail broke the windshield of a storm spotter's vehicle near Nolan. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nolan | - | A car port and small trailer house sustained significant damage on the Morrow Ranch. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Nolan | - | Heavy rains flooded County road 126 near Nolan. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Nolan | - | Spotters reported golfball size hail in Nolan. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Nolan | - | Baseball size hail reported. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Nolan | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Nolan | - | 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.
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 Nolan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7048169 | 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 1342642. 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.





