BlockSublime, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hallettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77986. It stands on Mixon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sublime quadrangle. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sublime quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Sublime between 2004 and 2011, burning about 260 acres in total. None 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAAB SWITCH |
| 20 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADLEY CRAWFORD |
| 13 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALLACE GF |
| 5 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sublime in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Sublime | $50,000 | Golf ball-sized hail was observed at Sublime at 2018 CST. The same size of hail was reported by the public in Vienna at 2020 CST. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Sublime | $20,000 | Video evidence and an NWS Storm Survey confirmed a tornado touched down roughly one mile northwest of Sublime, south and east of CR 142. The tornado moved northwest and severely damaged a small house as well as snapped large tree branches. Wind speeds at this point were estimated to be 80-100 mph. The tornado crossed CR 142 between CR 159 and CR 143, west of the Navidad River, and continued through open farm land producing sporadic tree damage. The tornado then crossed CR 138 at the Navidad River, completely snapping three foot diameter tree trunks of a few trees near their bases and snapping large limbs of several other trees. Wind speeds at this point were also estimated to be 80-100 mph. The tornado dissipated to the northwest of CR 138. Sporadic straight-line wind damage, in the form of snapped tree limbs, was also observed along CR 159, 211, and 138, west of the tornadic circulation. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublime | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that damaged a barn and some trees near Sublime. |
| March 2004 | Flash Flood | Sublime | $5,000 | Additional showers and thunderstorms developing in the late afternoon produced totals of up to 1.5 inches near Sublime in eastern Lavaca County. County roads 142 and 138 were closed during the early evening hours due to flash flooding. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublime | - | Several trees were uprooted by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Sublime | - | The Lavaca County Sheriff's Department reported that a small tornado had touched down briefly in open country near Sublime. It caused no known damage and was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale. |
| September 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Sublime | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Sublime | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vsetin | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Good Hope | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Appelt Hill | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kinkler | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Vienna | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hallettsville | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hackberry | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Williamsburg | 10.6 miles | 8 |
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 Sublime | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7631483 | 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 1348026. 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.