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Rowland, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Nocona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76255. The Survey maps it on the Prairie Valley School quadrangle.

Rowland within Montague County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

141 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Rowland between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,037 acres in total. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2018091
16 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2017105
14 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2019075
9 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015070
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montague County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rowland: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montague County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowland in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 11 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011HailRowland$10,000Half dollar to golfball size hail was reported in Nocona Hills on the southeast side of Lake Nocona.
May 2009HailRowland$8,000Hen Egg size hail fell on the west side of Lake Nocona.
May 2009HailRowland$2,000Quarter to Ping Pong size hail was reported 7 miles north of Nocona.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindRowland-Emergency management reported wind gusts of 50 to 60 MPH.
April 2020HailRowland-A public report indicated quarter sized hail in the city of Rowland, TX.
March 2018HailRowland-A trained spotter reported half-dollar sized hail approximately 8 miles north of the city of Nocona, TX.
April 2017HailRowland-Nocona Fire Department reported half dollar sized hail near Lake Nocona.
May 2013HailRowland-Ping pong ball was reported at Lake Nocona, by a Montague County sheriff's deputy.
April 2011HailRowland-Quarter size hail was reported near Lake Nocona.
October 2011HailRowland-Penny sized hail fell at the intersection of Gray Road and Farm-to-Market 2849, or about 5 miles northwest of Nocona.
October 2011HailRowland-Nickel sized hail fell at the intersection of Gray Road and Farm-to-Market 2849, or about 5 miles northwest of Nocona.
October 2011HailRowland-Ping pong ball sized hail fell at the intersection of Gray Road and Farm-to-Market 2849, or about 5 miles northwest of Nocona.

Every storm recorded in Montague 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
Valley View0.9 miles9
Hynds City3.0 miles9
Spanish Fort3.8 miles10
Nocona Hills6.8 miles10
Nocona11.2 miles10
Corinth11.2 miles9
Illinois Bend11.5 miles13
Belcherville12.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380465. 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.