Veribest, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76861. The Survey maps it on the Veribest quadrangle. It stands 1,821 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Wall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wall quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Veribest quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Veribest between 2005 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7200 BLK FM 380 |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULLINS CROSSING |
| 9 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veribest in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Veribest | 2 hurt, $1,300,000 | A tornado destroyed 2 mobile homes, injuring two of the occupants inside one of them |
| June 1996 | Hail | Veribest | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veribest | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds did significant damage to a dairy near Veribest. It destroyed several barns and pens and tore the roof off of a mobile home. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Veribest | $10,000 | A tornado traveled a 4 mile path across eastern Tom Green County, producing relatively minor damage. The tornado ripped part of a flat roof off of an outbuilding, threw several irrigation pipes a few hundred yards, and picked up and moved heavy steel pipes. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veribest | $1,000 | About 12 utility poles were knocked down by the thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Veribest | - | At 735 AM CDT, the Tom Green County Sheriff Office received a call about a vehicle truck that was swept away by swift water currents in the flooded area of McMillan and Wright Roads in northeastern Tom Green County. The truck was swept approximately 150 yards from the roadway, to near a tree. The cab of the truck was submerged, and the occupants were clinging to the tree above the flood waters. All of the 5 victims were successfully rescued by first responders from the Tom Green County Sheriff Office and the San Angelo Fire Department. The Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department were also involved in the rescue efforts. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Veribest | - | The public reported tennis ball size hail falling 4 miles north-northeast of Veribest and was posted on Facebook. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Veribest | - | A COOP observer reported flooding with water 18 to 20 inches deep. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Veribest | - | Golf ball size hail was reported by the public around Veribest. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veribest | - | A thirty foot pine tree was snapped at approximately the 10 foot tree level. Dime size hail was also reported. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Veribest | - | A storm chaser reporter water over Hawk Avenue near FM 765. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veribest | - | A trained spotter reported three power poles were blown down along Farm to Market Road 765 east of San Angelo. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Veribest | - | Baseball size hail |
| May 1998 | Hail | Veribest | - | Baseball size hail |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Veribest | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veribest | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixmile Crossing | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mullins Crossing | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Harriet | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sixteen Mile Crossing | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mereta | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Seventeen Mile Crossing | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wall | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Alvery Junction | 8.4 miles | 17 |
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 Veribest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3470442 | 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 1370620. 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.







