BlockSalt Flat, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sierra Blanca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79847. The Survey maps it on the Salt Flat quadrangle. It stands 3,730 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Black Mountains quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Salt Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dell City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Salt Flat: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimpleman Salt Lake Mine | Halite | Past Producer | 1863, 1948 |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salt Flat in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2004: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2004 | Hail | Salt Flat | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Salt Flat | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell City | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Brownfeld Corner | 16.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cornudas | 20.2 miles | 7 | |
| Mile High | 36.7 miles | 12 | |
| Coyote Place | 40.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sierra Blanca | 41.7 miles | 13 | |
| Etholen | 41.9 miles | 13 | |
| Arispe | 42.0 miles | 13 |
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 Salt Flat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7405839 | 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 1367427. 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.
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.