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Segovia, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Junction Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76849. It stands on Sycamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Segovia quadrangle.

Segovia within Kimble County

On record in Segovia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

37 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Segovia between 2006 and 2018, burning about 586 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
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010-72
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-131
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-125
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-124 460 FIRE COMPLEX
27 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-141
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-139
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-138
23 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use220 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODWARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kimble County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Segovia: 1 past producer. 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
Northcott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kimble County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Segovia in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 14 hail, 11 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Flash FloodSegovia$5,000,000Four to eight inches of rain fell over much of Kimble County, with ten inches reported at Segovia and 16 inches a few miles north of Segovia. The heavy rains and floodwaters closed Farm-to-Market roads and highways throughout the county. Water was five feet deep at the entrance to South Llano State Park. The county judge estimated millions of dollars of damage on roads and bridges.
October 1996Flash FloodSegovia$50,000no account filed
July 2024Flash FloodSegovia-Law enforcement reported an effort in progress helping a family out of their home which had about 2 feet of water running through it. Law enforcement also reported that E. Ranch Rd./FM 2169 is closed from Segovia to Junction.
September 2023Flash FloodSegovia-Law Enforcement reported water over Farm to Market Road 2169 near I-10.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSegovia-The West Texas Mesonet site at Segovia 7 SSW measured a wind gust of 65 mph.
March 2021HailSegovia-A photo of hail estimated to be 1.5 inches in diameter at Segovia was received from social media.
October 2018Flash FloodSegovia-The sheriff's office reported Johnson Creek flowing over FM 2169.
October 2018Flash FloodSegovia-The sheriff's office reported that Johnson Fork Creek was flowing over one of the lanes on Interstate 10, with multiple swift water rescues in progress. Interstate 10 was closed as well as FM 2169 north of Interstate 10 due to the Johnson Fork Creek flooding. First responders launched swift water rescue boats from Interstate 10 and rescued some people from their roofs.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindSegovia-A storm chaser estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
May 2016HailSegovia-A storm chaser reported quarter size hail along Interstate 10.
May 2016HailSegovia-A trained spotter reported dime to nickel size hail.
May 2016Tornado (EF2)Segovia-This tornado snapped and also uprooted numerous oak tree trunks along its path. The tornado also destroyed a porch and carried it for a few miles. The strong winds lifted a portion of the roof off of the home. The tornado also uprooted large cedar trees. Storm chasers videotaped this tornado that was in the shape of a cone.
May 2016HailSegovia-A storm chaser reported 2 inch hail along U.S. Highway 290 approximately 5 miles west of Harper.
April 2014HailSegovia-The hail stripped the leaves off of the trees.
September 2013Flash FloodSegovia-The Texas Department of Transportation closed Ranch Road 385 in Eastern Kimble County because of flooding.
April 2009Flash FloodSegovia-Texas Department of Transportation reported that Ranch Road 385 was closed due to flooding from US Highway 377 to US Highway 290. Numerous low water crossings were flooded.
April 2009Flash FloodSegovia-Texas Department of Transportation indicated that debris and rock was over Farm to Market Road 2169 due to flooding.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSegovia-Several trees were blown down along Farm Road 385.
August 2007Flash FloodSegovia-Several roads were closed due to flooding, including Farm Roads 479, 2169, and 385, as well as Highway 377 South.
April 2006HailSegovia-Golfball size hail at the intersection of Interstate 10 and highway 290.
July 2002Flash FloodSegovia-FM 479 was closed for a time due to high water over the road.
May 2016HailSegovia-no account filed
May 2016HailSegovia-no account filed
April 2014HailSegovia-no account filed
April 2006HailSegovia-no account filed
April 2006HailSegovia-no account filed
June 2005HailSegovia-no account filed
May 2003HailSegovia-no account filed
June 1996HailSegovia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kimble 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
Junction7.2 miles9
Noxville11.0 miles11
Yates12.3 miles8
Telegraph14.0 miles10
Cleo16.7 miles8
London18.5 miles7
Buck Hollow19.2 miles12
Roosevelt21.0 miles12

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 SegoviaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65081021The 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 1380918. 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.