North Roby, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rotan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79543. It stands on Alkali Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rotan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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
- 1931 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of North Roby between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,258 acres in total. 6 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MURPHY |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HULL |
| 25 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIREDBUZZARD |
| 22 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEADER |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DITCH FIRE |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S CURVE |
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Roby: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Strontium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oden Occurrence | Strontium | Occurrence | Celestite | |
| Longworth Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Rotan Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Roby in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 hail. 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.
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 North Roby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7056543 | 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 1377187. 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.
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.





