Panna Maria, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gillett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78144. It stands on Lake Slough. The Survey maps it on the Karnes City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Karnes City quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Karnes City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Panna Maria between 2005 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TXDOT US181/CR219 |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Panna Maria: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panna Maria East Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Panna Maria West Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Brysch Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Brysch Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Ft Worth Natl Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Jaskinia Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Kopecki Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Kotzur Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Kotzur Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Labus-Moczygemba | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Panna Maria in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Hail | Panna Maria | $30,000 | Large hail, driven by strong winds, caused widespread damage to windows of homes and vehicles in and around Panna Maria. Damage was also reported to gardens and crops in the area. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panna Maria | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down some power lines near Panna Maria. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Helena | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cestohowa | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hobson | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Karnes City | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Falls City | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pawelekville | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony | 7.7 miles | 10 |
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 Panna Maria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4115369 | 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 1364749. 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.





