BlockUpper Meyersville, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westhoff-Arneckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78164. The Survey maps it on the Meyersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Meyersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Upper Meyersville between 2006 and 2018, burning about 628 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-38 |
| 3 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 034-14 |
| 21 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LLOYD LANE |
| 18 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 237 - B HAUN RD |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SONNY POWELL |
| 1 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUELLER-LANGE RD |
| 29 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DENNIS WARWAS |
| 27 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 07272011-GARY HALEPESKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Upper Meyersville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goliad Project | Uranium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upper Meyersville in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. 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 2023 | Flash Flood | Upper Meyersville | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported low water crossings flooded on FM 237 between Yorktown and Hwy 183. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyersville | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Golly | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Arneckeville | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Yorktown | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Thomaston | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Verhelle | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cuero | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kubala Store | 12.9 miles | 10 |
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 Q122541887 | 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 1380700. 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.