Rudolph, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sarita census division. It lies near Divisadero. The Survey maps it on the Rudolph quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1922 USGS La Sal Vieja quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS La Sal Vieja quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Rudolph quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Port Mansfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Rudolph between 2011 and 2019, burning about 8,317 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 2019 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORIAS GRASS FIRE |
| 21 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UP FIRE |
| 21 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HEATH BRUSH FIRES |
| 20 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUDOLPH BRUSH FIRES |
| 25 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUDOLPH GRASS FIRE |
| 13 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN BERTA GATE FIRE |
| 24 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUTLER GATE FIRES |
| 7 April 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUDOLPH POWER LINE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rudolph in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Hail | Rudolph | - | A trained spotter reported an isolated thunderstorm produced hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter in an area approximately 9 miles North Northeast of Raymondville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norias | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Julian | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Armstrong | 16.5 miles | 11 | |
| Turcotte | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sarita | 37.0 miles | 8 | |
| La Parra Landing | 39.9 miles | 12 | |
| Yarborough | 41.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378995. 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.







