Shumla, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Del Rio Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78837. The Survey maps it on the Shumla quadrangle.

Shumla within Val Verde County

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.

1943 USGS Shumla quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Shumla quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Comstock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Shumla between 1992 and 2008, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
17 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Amistad National Recreation Area	WHO KNOWS
7 March 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Amistad National Recreation Area	SHUMLA
30 March 1993	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Amistad National Recreation Area	ANDERSON
20 February 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Amistad National Recreation Area	NINE MILE
17 February 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Amistad National Recreation Area	PECOS RIVER

Every fire recorded in Val Verde County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shumla: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Nitrogen-Nitrates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Murrah Cave Prospect	Nitrogen-Nitrates	Occurrence
Unnamed Occurrence	Nitrogen-Nitrates	Occurrence	Underground
Ingram-Howe Deposit	Manganese	Occurrence	1914
Shumla District	Manganese	Past Producer	SOLUTION-CAVITY FILLING
Shumla Mn Prospects	Manganese	Prospect

Every working recorded in Val Verde 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lull	5.9 miles	7
Langtry	8.7 miles	8
Comstock	13.6 miles	7
Osman	15.5 miles	8
Bakers Crossing	18.2 miles	7
Pumpville	21.2 miles	8
Box Canyon Estates	21.3 miles	7
Amistad Acres	22.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380536. 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.