Skeeterville, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Richland Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76871. The Survey maps it on the Richland Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1930 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Skeeterville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,819 acres in total. 3 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 2 |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLBARKER |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LORD |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAMMRICK (3) |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAY 2 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOSSETT |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARLISLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skeeterville in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Skeeterville | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Skeeterville | - | Public reported quarter to golf ball size hail covering the ground near Skeeterville. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Skeeterville | - | The public reported up to quarter size hail. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Skeeterville | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Skeeterville | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Skeeterville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Skeeterville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowser | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Holt | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Locker | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Richland Springs | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hall | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Elm Grove | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Creek | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Algerita | 10.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380551. 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.







