Stith, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hawley-Noodle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79536. The Survey maps it on the Stith quadrangle. It stands 1,801 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hawley quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Stith quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Stith between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,493 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER FIRE MERKEL |
| 28 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MERIT FIRE |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 126 FIRE |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 406 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WIMBERLY FIRE |
| 19 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 18 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 410 AT WELLS LANE TYE |
| 14 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 415 |
| 10 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stith in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 10 hail, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Stith | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail from the intersection of County Road 416 and Wimberly Road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Stith | - | A Trained Spotter reported golf ball size hail 3 miles southwest of Stith. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stith | - | A trained spotter reported thunderstorm winds knocked over a swing set. He estimated the winds at around 70 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Stith | - | An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail broke windows at a home. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Stith | - | The tornado damaged roofs and broke the windows of a couple of residences, it destroyed barns, fencing, and a porch. A heavy steel granary bin was rolled about 250 yards. The twister ripped up numerous mesquite trees and killed a cow. A gooseneck trailer was thrown approx 100 yards at the intersection of County Road 433 and County Road 452. The tornado left a well defined path in both the plowed field and the unplowed fields. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Stith | - | A storm chaser reported a brief tornado about 8 miles west-southwest of the town of Hawley. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Stith | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Stith | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Stith | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Stith | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Stith | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Stith | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Stith | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Noodle | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Truby | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hawley | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| North Abilene | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Anson | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Phantom Hill (historical) | 15.1 miles | 12 | |
| Phantom Hill | 15.6 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q126939801 | The 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 1379116. 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.






