BlockSardis, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79546. The Survey maps it on the Rotan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 2005 and 2020, burning about 759 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | QUAIL RANCH |
| 16 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARDITCH |
| 7 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD HOBBS GIN |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARGROVE |
| 3 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOORE |
| 4 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WELDING |
| 29 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARRY LANDES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Sardis: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Strontium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Mine | Strontium | Past Producer | Celestite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardis in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2024 | Hail | Sardis | - | Law enforcement reported half dollar size hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Sardis | - | Law Enforcement reported baseball size hail along Highway 180. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Sardis | - | A trained spotter reported a tornado southwest of Rotan. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cross Roads | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hobbs | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fisher | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Roby | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Scotts Corner | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| North Roby | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rotan | 6.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379035. 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.