BlockSalem, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77968. The Survey maps it on the Inez NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Inez NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Inez NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Salem between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,407 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 909041 |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSON RD & FM 444 NORTH |
| 23 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 444 HAY FIRE |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 444 N & SALEM ROAD |
| 2 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALEM |
| 18 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,143 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALEM RD |
| 12 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALEM |
| 6 July 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9000 FM 444 NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2021 | Flood | Salem | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Two individuals were kayaking in a drainage creek that flows to Leona Creek. Around the time of heavy rain in Victoria County, both individuals were taken downstream into a pipe culvert by the force of the flowing water. The force of the rushing water pushed one individual through the pipe and other was lodged within the pipe. The individual lodged in the pipe was transported to a local hospital where they later died. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Salem | - | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Salem | - | Photo sent in showed flooding of Nursery Road near Highway 77. Other county roads were also flooded near Fordtran. |
| June 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Salem | - | Funnel cloud occurred north of Inez for about 2 minutes. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380478. 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.