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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.

Skeeterville within San Saba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

86 since 2004

Regional 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 burning33
Equipment and vehicle use33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 2
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLBARKER
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2020Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLORD
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAMMRICK (3)
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAY 2
4 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOSSETT
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARLISLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Saba County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailSkeeterville-Public reported quarter size hail.
March 2021HailSkeeterville-Public reported quarter to golf ball size hail covering the ground near Skeeterville.
May 2021HailSkeeterville-The public reported up to quarter size hail.
April 2017HailSkeeterville-no account filed
April 2017HailSkeeterville-no account filed
April 2011HailSkeeterville-no account filed
June 2009HailSkeeterville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Saba 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
Bowser3.6 miles15
Holt3.8 miles14
Locker3.8 miles15
Richland Springs5.9 miles14
Hall6.7 miles14
Elm Grove7.1 miles15
Spring Creek7.5 miles14
Algerita10.5 miles13

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.