BlockNormandy, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78877. It stands on Quemado Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quemado East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1940 USGS Quemado quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Normandy in 2008, burning about 75 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Normandy in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Normandy | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down power lines near the intersection of Hwy 277 and Hwy 131 northwest of Eagle Pass. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Normandy | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Hwy 277 at Quemado Creek south of Normandy. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Normandy | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail at Radar Base. The report was from social media. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Normandy | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down power lines approximately two miles south of FM1665 and Hwy 277 between Quemado and Eagle Pass. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Normandy | - | One inch diameter hail was reported along highway 277 between Quemado and Elm Creek. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Normandy | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. No damage was reported. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Normandy | - | In addition to 2 to 3 inch totals earlier that morning, an additional 3 to 4 inches fell around Normandy in the afternoon, closing FM131. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Normandy | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Normandy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Normandy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quemado | 3.0 miles | 5 | |
| Airport Addition Colonia | 4.4 miles | 6 | |
| Paloma | 9.3 miles | 6 | |
| Elm Creek Number 2 Colonia | 10.4 miles | 6 | |
| Elm Creek Number 1 Colonia | 10.7 miles | 6 | |
| South Elm Creek Number 4 Colonia | 10.8 miles | 6 | |
| South Elm Creek Number 3 Colonia | 10.8 miles | 6 | |
| Elm Creek | 10.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1363967. 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.