Yowell, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 75428. The Survey maps it on the Klondike quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Klondike quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
128 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Yowell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,503 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 were 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/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALLEN FIRE |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 50 |
| 27 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7814 FM 904 FIRE |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4907 FIRE |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3132 |
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUNTER FIRE |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PG ROAD FIRE |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | AIRPORT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yowell in 1 storm report in 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Yowell | - | Delta County Sheriff's Department reported that part of FM 2068 was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needmore | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jot-Em-Down | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gough | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Antioch | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| West Delta | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Klondike | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Horton | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pecan Gap | 6.4 miles | 9 |
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 Q122540246 | 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 1380811. 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.




