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One of 11 National Register listings published here for Palo Pinto County · listed in 2026 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Zim's Bottling Works and Tourist Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.
The listing
- Address. 10990 Texas Highway 16 S, Strawn, 76475
- When was it listed? March 2026
- Category. district
- Census division. Strawn-Gordon
- National Register reference number. 100012785 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
100 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Zim's Bottling Works and Tourist Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,437 acres in total. 2 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 | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR TRACK FIRE |
| 25 August 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLE FIRE |
| 21 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK HILL |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Zim's Bottling Works and Tourist Park: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Strawn Materials Davidson Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strawn, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 24 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Strawn | $15,000 | Highway 108 near Strawn was flooded and some high water rescues were needed in Strawn. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Strawn | $10,000 | Quarter to Golfball size hail fell for over 10 minutes in the town of Strawn. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Strawn | $10,000 | Hail the size of hen eggs was reported. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Strawn | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Strawn | $5,000 | Multiple roads were closed in Palo Pinto County after several inches of rain fell across the county. FM 4 at South Lakeview Driver, Highway 281 near Dobbs Valley, FM 129 over Palo Pinto Creek near the Brazos River were a few of the roads that were flooded. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Strawn | $5,000 | A spotter reported Hen Egg size hail 3 miles northwest of Strawn. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawn | $5,000 | A shed was destroyed, a barn damaged, and trees were blown down. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawn | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines were blown down by high winds. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Strawn | $4,000 | Golfball size hail was reported in Strawn. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Strawn | $3,000 | Golfball size hail fell 1 mile north of Strawn. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Strawn | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawn | - | A public report indicated trees blown down in Strawn, Texas. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Strawn | - | A trained spotter reported that FM 16, approximately 3 miles north of Gordon, TX, was closed due to high water. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawn | - | A 68 MPH wind gust was measured 1.5 miles north of Strawn. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Strawn | - | Roads in and south of Mineral Wells were impassable due to high water. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Strawn | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012785 in Record Group 79. |
| Palo Pinto County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.