BlockWaterloo, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76574. It sits by Comanche Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Granger quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Granger quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Waterloo between 2006 and 2017, burning about 77 acres in total. None 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY LN |
| 22 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N MAIN |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0000909 |
| 10 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH MAIN |
| 21 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1251 CR 410 |
| 14 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4153 FM 619 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterloo in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Waterloo | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several roads in and around Taylor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuthrich Hill | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hoxie | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Circleville | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Taylor | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Elm Grove | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sandoval | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Thrall | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Friendship | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380746. 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.