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Solms, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels West quadrangle. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

Solms within Comal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

139 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Solms between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,688 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-30
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-62
3 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-02
27 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-23
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-65
18 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFAUST FIRE
17 September 2019Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3500 IH 35 S FIRE
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Solms: 6 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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
Tilden Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Brauntex MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ComalStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
General Portland Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brauntex Pit & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
New Braunfels Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
New Braunfels Quarry & Plant No.265Limestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Comal County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solms in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 1 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 2015Flash FloodSolms$20,000Multiple road closures were reported across Comal County. Closures included River Road South, Hueco Springs Loop, Smithson Valley Road North, Rolling Creek, Fawn Lane, Cypress Cove Road, and Spring Branch Road. A few citizens had to be lead away from a van stranded in high water on Hoffman Lane.
May 2022HailSolms-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the intersection of I-35 and Rueckle Rd. in New Braunfels.
September 2009Flash FloodSolms-Heavy rain caused flooding which closed West San Antonio Street at Loop 337.
September 2009Flash FloodSolms-Heavy rain caused flooding which closed Morningside Drive at Solms Road.

Every storm recorded in Comal 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
Dittlinger1.1 miles14
Jentsch Acres2.0 miles14
Comal3.1 miles14
New Braunfels3.6 miles14
Corbyn3.6 miles14
Landa Park Highlands4.1 miles14
Ogden5.1 miles11
Preiss Heights5.8 miles14

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 SolmsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q127433600The 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 1347369. 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.