Noodle, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hawley-Noodle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79536. The Survey maps it on the Noodle quadrangle. It stands 1,824 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Noodle quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Noodle quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Noodle between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,362 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM2660 |
| 23 September 2015 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES FIRE |
| 10 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAVEL PIT |
| 19 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID, JONES CNTY |
| 14 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOODLE |
| 4 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-050 |
| 26 May 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS JONES CR 444 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noodle in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Hail | Noodle | $15,000 | The hail damaged roofs on homes and shredded wheat crops. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Noodle | - | An amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail in Noodle, Texas. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Noodle | - | An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail 3 miles southeast of Noodle. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Noodle | - | The public reported slightly larger than baseball size hail in Noodle. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Noodle | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail 4 miles west-southwest of Noodle. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Noodle | - | The picture was posted on Twitter. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noodle | - | Damaging thunderstorms winds resulted in roof damage to the Noodle Community Center. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noodle | - | A trained spotter estimated winds at 50 to 60 mph. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Noodle | - | Hail from golfball to hen egg size fell seven miles north of Trent. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Noodle | - | Golfball size hail was reported just to the east of Noodle. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Noodle | - | Water was reported over FM1085. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Noodle | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Noodle | - | 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 Noodle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18354227 | 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 1342656. 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.





