BlockNorth Salem, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marquez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75846. It lies near Alligator Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Robbins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Jewett quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of North Salem between 1996 and 2013, burning about 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 695 |
| 12 July 1998 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 436 |
| 21 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | TAR KILN |
| 9 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 78 |
| 31 December 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 December 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MR. WARD POWERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Salem in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | North Salem | $10,000 | The supercell thunderstorm that spawned the significant EF-3 tornado in Robertson County tracked into Leon County and produced a second tornado with EF-1 intensity damage. This tornado formed in a heavily forested area 3 miles southeast of Jewett. Several residences and outbuildings were impacted by the tornado in the central part of the county, east of Jewett to the south of Buffalo. Two residences along Leon County Road 363 lost small portions of roof material, with winds estimated around 100 mph. The tornado crossed I-45 about 5 miles south of Buffalo, snapping trees along the Interstate right-of-way. The tornado dissipated approximately 4 miles east of Buffalo. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | North Salem | - | Emergency management reported multiple county roads closed between Jewett and Marquez due to flooding. |
| April 2024 | Hail | North Salem | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 2 miles south of Jewett via amateur radio. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| South Salem | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Robbins | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Jewett | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Redland | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Concord | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Corinth | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Newby | 6.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380267. 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.