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West Sinton, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sinton-Odem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78370. The Survey maps it on the West Sinton quadrangle.

West Sinton within San Patricio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of West Sinton between 2008 and 2018, burning about 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS I37 MM32 SB
5 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service500
24 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH37 MILE MARKER 22
2 April 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 37
9 January 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Patricio County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Sinton in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$50,000Images were submitted through social media of large trees blown down and storage sheds flipped over near West Sinton.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$10,000Wind blew down 5 power poles in the community of West Sinton.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Farm to Market Road 796 near West Sinton.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)West Sinton$10,000DPS and local emergency management confrimed a tornado formed along the leading edge of a gust front. An NWS storm survey estimated the tornado to be 25 yards wide and 100 yards in length. The survey team found EF0 damage to a home off of Highway 630, where the entire east facing side of a metal roof on a new home was blown off.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$4,000Several power poles were blown down along and near Highway 188.
August 2022Tornado (EFU)West Sinton-The public recorded a video of a brief weak tornado in an open field near Edroy.
May 2021Flash FloodWest Sinton-Farm-to-Market Road 630 and County Road 2015 west of Sinton was closed due to flooding.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)West Sinton-NWS storm survey revealed a brief EF-0 tornado touched down in the middle of a farm field with no significant damage. The tornado occurred near the intersection of Highway 188 and County Road 29. A photo from storm spotters in the area confirmed the brief tornado.
January 2011FloodWest Sinton-Several roads in and near Sinton were impassable. Water was over the road at various locations along Highways 188 and 234 west of Sinton and Odem, respectively.
July 2008Heavy RainWest Sinton-Between 3 and 7 inches of rain fell across the southern Coastal Bend of South Texas over a two period. This rainfall was associated with rain bands from Hurricane Dolly. Unfortunately, the primary impact from the rainfall was to cotton and sorghum crops across the region. Much of the cotton crop was waiting to be harvested, and the rainfall either severaly damaged or destoyed it. At the time of this writing, estimates on agriculture losses were very rough and final figures were still pending.

Every storm recorded in San Patricio County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sun Country Estates Colonia3.0 miles9
Edroy Colonia3.7 miles12
Edroy3.8 miles12
Hubert3.9 miles12
Cheyene Colonia4.8 miles12
West Saint Paul5.3 miles9
O'Farrell Acres Number 2 Colonia5.8 miles9
Colony Estates of Sinton Colonia6.0 miles9

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 Q122595211The 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 1349809. 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.