Papalote, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Skidmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78387. It stands on Ratta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Papalote 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
- 1954 USGS Sinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Papalote quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Papalote between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,113 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAPALOTE BRIDGE |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 626 |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-NOV |
| 1 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAPALOTE |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR632 |
| 30 August 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 620 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SKIDMORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Papalote in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Hail | Papalote | - | Ham radio operator reported golf ball sized hail near Papalote. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Papalote | - | Spotter reported quarter sized hail 5 miles east of Tynan. |
| October 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Papalote | - | Spotter reported a funnel cloud near Papalote. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Papalote | - | Between 4 and 7 inches of rain fell producing widespread flash flooding in the Skidmore and Tynan areas. Flowing water was over the road at the intersection of Hwy 181 and Hwy 359 in Skidmore. Water was also over the road at Hwy 359, between Skidmore and Tynan. Water was flowing over Hwy 181, between Skidmore and Papalote, where some motorists were stranded with water up to the doors on vehicles. FM 796 was closed from FM 359 in Tynan to US 59 due to high water. One high water rescue was performed on FM 796. Water was also reported flowing over the road on Hudson Marshall Rd., 2 miles north of Skidmore. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Papalote | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Papalote | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skidmore | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tynan | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Yougeen | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Olmos | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| River Oaks Number 2 Colonia | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Beeville | 17.6 miles | 9 | |
| Clareville | 17.6 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill Colonia | 17.6 miles | 9 |
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 Papalote | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113070978 | 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 1378831. 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.





