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Zorn, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northeast Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78666. The Survey maps it on the San Marcos South quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Zorn within Guadalupe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

33 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Zorn between 2005 and 2019, burning about 706 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1000 KOHLENBERG
15 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOECHTING, 14-5362
10 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-79
2 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYORK FIRE
29 June 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCANEY CREEK FIRE
29 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOECHTING LN FIRE
26 April 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guadalupe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zorn: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Guadalupe County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zorn in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Flash FloodZorn$500,000Widespread 3 to 4 inch rainfall was reported over the county, with up to 8 inches in the area from Zorn to Seguin to McQueeny. Widespread severe flooding was reported, with damage to more than a dozen homes. Nearly all rural roads in northwest part of county were closed, including SH46 and SH123.
May 2015Flash FloodZorn-Highway 123 between Farm to Market Road 1978 and 1979 was impassable due to water over the roadway.
October 2015Tornado (EF1)Zorn-A tornado developed near Centerpoint Rd. and Old Zorn Rd. in Guadalupe County and continued to the north-northeast for approximately 2.25 miles into Hays County ending near Centerpoint Rd. and Viewpoint Rd. . The tornado caused minor roof damage to a few homes where it first developed. As it continued north-northeastward, the tornado struck a series of electrical transmission line towers, causing 11 towers to either partially or completely collapse. The tornado continued through an open field near Centerpoint Rd. causing mainly tree damage. Several homes east of Centerpoint Rd., in the Southridge Estates subdivision, received minor roof damage along with large tree limbs snapped. In addition, a garage with an attached apartment completely collapsed in the Southridge Estates subdivision. Peak winds were estimated to be 90-100 mph. One person was injured. At the time of this writing, there is no estimate of insured monetary losses.
March 2016HailZorn-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudZorn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Guadalupe 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
Galle2.1 miles15
Redwood4.4 miles13
Barbarosa4.6 miles14
Weinert5.7 miles15
Staples6.2 miles13
Geronimo6.3 miles15
Clear Springs8.0 miles14
Lake Dunlap8.5 miles14

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 ZornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711416The 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 1372107. 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.