BlockNopal, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yorktown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78164. The Survey maps it on the Sample quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sample quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Nopal between 2008 and 2020, burning about 316 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KORTH RANCH |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT CULLPEPPER |
| 30 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL SITE WINGNUT LEO NELSON RD. |
| 15 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVELL BLAIN |
| 27 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GINGER BAKER / DON ROEDER |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINKE RD. & FM 108 |
| 8 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEVON POD |
| 16 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Nopal: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Conoco Conquista Friar-Knandel Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Conoco Conquista Griffin Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Conoco Conquista Smith Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Korth-Hartman-Finch Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Thomas Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Thomas-Knandel-Dybowski Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Davy | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gruenau | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| New Davy | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Kubala Store | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Westhoff | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Garfield | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cotton Patch | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lindenau | 11.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380260. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.