BlockSiloam, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78621. The Survey maps it on the Structure quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Structure quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Siloam between 1994 and 2017, burning about 925 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 301 FIRE #2 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 301 FIRE |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINSTON ESTATE FIRE |
| 13 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINSTON ESTATES FIRE |
| 10 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1340 CTY LINE RD ELGIN |
| 17 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R. 463 FIRE |
| 8 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRIDGE 306 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Siloam in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph. The winds caused minor roof damage and moved a chicken coop 150 yards and then destroyed it. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaukiss | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Structure | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Type | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Coupland | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Beyersville | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Shiloh | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Noack | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rices Crossing | 9.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1368269. 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.