BlockFrom the record
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Runnels County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
J. Thiele Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Thiele, J., Building - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Robinson and 2nd Sts., Miles, 76861
- When was it listed? June 1976
- Category. building
- Census division. Miles
- National Register reference number. 76002061 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of J. Thiele Building between 2005 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 1 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHANDLER & DOUGLAS LOOP |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOOK |
| 20 August 2006 | Smoking | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULLINS CROSSING |
| 9 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MC MILLAN ROAD & FM1692 NORTH |
| 8 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GODFREY |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of J. Thiele Building: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1972 |
Storms near this property
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miles, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 21 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Miles | 1 killed | Law Enforcement received a call of a fatality from flash flooding. A man was swept away by swiftly flowing water. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF3) | Miles | $6,000,000 | This long track EF-3 Tornado damaged or destroyed several homes and outbuildings. |It snapped tree trunks and even swept one home completely off its foundation. The tornado wrapped a woman in carpet and threw her for 150 feet. Thankfully, she survived with minimal injuries. This tornado was multi-vortex at times as it also remained mostly in rural areas. It even lodged a steel C-Purlin into a branch of a Mesquite tree at the Ballinger Country Club. This tornado destroyed the Ballinger High school Baseball field and threw a steel axle into the water tower and punctured it, causing all of the water to drain. This tornado affected 30 homes and destroyed six homes. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | $55,000 | A microburst damaged a grain elevator and cotton gin, destroyed 2 empty grain silos, and damaged numerous roofs and carports across the community of Miles. One exterior wall of a house was penetrated by a two-by-four from a carport damaged nearby. Wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Miles | - | A County Official reported Farm to Market Road 1692 is closed at the draw due to flooding. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Miles | - | Public reported on social media that there were flooded roads near Miles. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Miles | - | The public reported golf ball size hail in Miles. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Miles | - | Law Enforcement reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Miles | - | The media reported 1.5 inch hail on U.S. Highway 67 near Miles. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Miles | - | Quarter to golfball size hail covered the ground in Miles. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Miles | - | Baseball size hail and high winds in Miles broke windows and skylights on multiple homes and businesses. The large hail also dented several vehicles. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Miles | - | Three inches of rain fell in one hour. One home experienced flooding. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | - | Large limbs were reported down throughout town and trees were uprooted. The strong winds also destroyed a garage on the outskirts of town. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | - | A member of the public estimated a 60 mph wind gust near Miles. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Miles | - | Golfball size hail was reported in Miles. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Miles | - | Law enforcement reported tennis ball size hail near Miles. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Miles | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls reported in southwest Runnels County. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | - | no account filed |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miles | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Miles | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Miles | - | 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 76002061 in Record Group 79. |
| Runnels County | All 4 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.