BlockNoonan, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castroville-LaCoste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78016. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castroville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Castroville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Noonan between 2005 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 5710 |
| 27 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 42 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LUNDQUEST |
| 23 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS BRUSH FIRE 421 CR 667 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noonan in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Hail | Noonan | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southwest of Castroville. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Noonan | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southwest of Castroville. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noonan | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew over a few sheds north of Devine. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noonan | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 61 knots which snapped off two large mesquite tree limbs. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Noonan | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380259. 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.