Verhelle, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cuero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77954. It stands on Irish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Verhelle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Verhelle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Verhelle between 2005 and 2020, burning about 524 acres in total. 3 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MICHAEL RATH |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MICHAEL RATH |
| 24 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAMES WASHINGTON GRASS FIRE |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRIAR RANCH |
| 20 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORDTRAN RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Verhelle: 3 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C W and A Incorporated | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verhelle in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verhelle | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged the roof of a large barn near Thomaston. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Verhelle | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southeast of Cuero. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomaston | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Arneckeville | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cuero | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Stratton | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Golly | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Buchel | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Meyersville | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Lindenau | 10.7 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 Q122598899 | 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 1380718. 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.



