BlockTitley, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alpine census division. The Survey maps it on the Elam Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1895 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Elam Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Titley in 2016, burning about 766 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2016 | Natural | 766 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLOW SPRINGS |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Titley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ranch Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Titley in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titley | $50,000 | Multiple power poles were found snapped along a nearly one-mile span on US Highway 67 near Hovey Rd. Time is estimated from radar. Maximum wind speed and property damage cost are estimations. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titley | - | The West Texas Mesonet station 166 Marathon 21N measured two 58 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titley | - | The West Texas Mesonet station at Marathon measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Titley | - | THis report was received from mPING. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Titley | - | A thunderstorm moved across Brewster County and produced a brief tornado northeast of Alpine. A storm chaser reported ground rotation for about two minutes ten miles north of Highway 90 on US 67. No damage was reported so the tornado was rated as an EF-0. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Titley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Edwards Place | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Toronto | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Altuda | 14.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hovey | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Beatty Place | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Old Parker Place | 20.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lenox | 20.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q122557916 | 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 1377194. 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.