Tolbert, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fargo-Odell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76384. The Survey maps it on the Tolbert quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Tolbert quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Tolbert between 2007 and 2015, burning about 1,025 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVERPASS |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAN WHITE |
| 1 September 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERKINS FARMS |
| 6 August 2008 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARY ROGERS FIRE |
| 27 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLYNN FARMS |
| 19 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARGO FIRE |
| 13 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERKINS FARMS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tolbert in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2005: 4 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tolbert | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Tolbert | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tolbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tolbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tolbert | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Tolbert | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tolbert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers Valley | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| White City | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Northside | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Fargo | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Vernon | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hinds | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Odell | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lockett | 9.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380670. 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.



