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Nugent, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lueders census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79601. The Survey maps it on the Nugent quadrangle.

Nugent within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

63 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Nugent between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,978 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNUGENT ASSIST
2 August 2009Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service802
18 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-084
15 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2019Natural107 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARVEY
13 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use23 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePHANTOM HILL
31 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID FM 600 & SH 180

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones 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 Nugent: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
Cottonwood Creek-1CopperOccurrence1972

Every working recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nugent in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024HailNugent-A trained spotter reported baseball size hail north of Lake Phantom Hill on Farm to Market Road 600.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNugent-There was minor damage to a roof resulting in water leaking into the house. A horse trailer was blown over and rolled approximately 60 feet.
May 2023HailNugent-The public reported tennis ball size hail 2 miles northwest of Nugent.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindNugent-There were power lines down along US 180 just east of Farm to Market Road 600.
March 2008HailNugent-no account filed
April 2008HailNugent-no account filed
June 2007HailNugent-no account filed
May 2005HailNugent-no account filed
May 2001HailNugent-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Phantom Hill3.5 miles12
Fort Phantom Hill (historical)4.3 miles12
Lueders7.9 miles12
Funston8.1 miles11
Hawley9.6 miles15
North Abilene11.6 miles15
Avoca12.1 miles11
Anson12.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378771. 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.