Rockne, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek-Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78602. It lies near Lower Cedar Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Red Rock quadrangle. It stands 476 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Rockne between 1993 and 2018, burning about 416 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATTERSON |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEPHANIE LN |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOERTZ |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATTERSON ROAD FRIE |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOHN |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILHELM WAY |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockne in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockne | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down several trees. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Rockne | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a water rescue near Rockne. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rockne | - | Golf ball size hail was reported near County Road 212 southwest of Clearview. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rockne | - | Golf ball size hail was reported by the Bastrop emergency manager near County Road 232 northeast of the town of Rockne. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Rockne | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Rockne | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watterson | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Red Rock | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bateman | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jordan | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Clearview | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Shiloh (historical) | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Creek | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hills Prairie | 8.3 miles | 17 |
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 Rockne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7355512 | 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 1366735. 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.




