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North Zulch, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Zulch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77872. The Survey maps it on the North Zulch quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.

North Zulch within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of North Zulch between 2006 and 2020, burning about 463 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE #52
3 August 2013Debris and open burning18 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4029
17 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOBBY TORRES
14 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use150 acresLivingston AreaNORTH ZULCH COMPLEX
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
31 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Zulch: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Madisonville Salt DomeHaliteOccurrenceHalite

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Zulch in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2006Tornado (F1)North Zulch3 hurt, $750,000Tornado caused three injuries due to a large oak tree falling through a home at Fair Oaks Ranch on the Old Spanish Road. Significant damage to a chicken farm located east of Normangee which killed 15,000 chickens. Numerous trees down, several damaged roofs, and downed power lines along with a power support tower. The most significant damage was reported between Strawther Road and the Willowhold Community with many damaged roofs and downed trees. A horse ranch also received a large amount of damage in the community of Mecca. This tornado was a border-crosser and moved north into Leon County.
May 2024FloodNorth Zulch$3,500,000Flooding from numerous heavy rain events in April and early May led to significant damage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch$15,000Three trees down on Bundic Road.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch$10,000Tree down on Hwy 39 near Madison-Grimes County border.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch$10,000Trees blown down in North Zulch and in Normangee, reported by Sheriff.
May 2000HailNorth Zulch$10,000no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodNorth Zulch$5,000Highway 39 closed with 1.5 feet of water over road. FM 247 also closed due to high water.
May 2001HailNorth Zulch$5,000no account filed
May 1997HailNorth Zulch$5,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch$5,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch$4,000Tree limbs down on the west side of North Zulch on Highway 90.
March 2003HailNorth Zulch$3,000no account filed
May 2001HailNorth Zulch$2,000no account filed
May 1995HailNorth Zulch$1,000Sheriff reported golf ball-size hail in North Zulch.
May 1995HailNorth Zulch$1,000Sheriffs reported golfball size hail in North Zulch.
March 2025Funnel CloudNorth Zulch-Broadcast media shared a video from a member of the public, showing a funnel cloud near North Zulch.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch-Trees were downed near North Zulch.
April 2019Flash FloodNorth Zulch-There were sections of Highway 21 and Highway 39 there were closed due to high water in and around the town of North Zulch.
April 2019HailNorth Zulch-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
April 2019HailNorth Zulch-There were multiple reports of quarter size hail.
January 2017Tornado (EF0)North Zulch-EF-0 tornado briefly touched down in the North Zulch area and damaged some trees from Bundic Road to Diserens Road.
March 2014HailNorth Zulch-Golfball sized hail was observed approximately 12 miles west of Madisonville.
May 2013FloodNorth Zulch-Flooding was reported on corner of Hwy 21 and FM 39 in North Zulch.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch-Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees in the southern portions of the county.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)North Zulch-A brief touchdown was observed near North Zulch in rural Madison County. This was the second reported tornado with this particular thunderstorm.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch-There were trees downed along Highway 39 in North Zulch.
December 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Zulch-A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 52 knots downed a tree.

Every storm recorded in Madison County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
George3.7 miles9
Mecca5.1 miles9
Bundy Crossing5.1 miles10
Cottonwood5.6 miles9
Canary6.4 miles10
Laceola7.4 miles11
Madisonville10.7 miles11
Jenkins13.8 miles10

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 ZulchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7057477The 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 1364203. 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.