BlockArnett, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ropesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79336. The Survey maps it on the Lockettville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lockettville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Arnett in 2010, burning about 35 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1780 & 1585 |
| 9 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 303 & 1585 |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arnett in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arnett | $6,000 | Three power poles were knocked over northeast of the intersection of Highway 385 and FM 41. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Arnett | - | A trained weather spotter reported a brief tornado in an open field west of Ropesville. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Arnett | - | A section of FM Road 1585 was closed following floodwaters up to 2.5 feet from a swollen playa lake. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Arnett | - | Many roads between Levelland and Ropesville had sections covered by flowing water up to several feet deep at times. The torrential rainfall (estimated by radar as great as 4 inches in 30 minutes), completely washed away vast stretches of cotton, sorghum, and some corn fields. Initial estimates are that 2000 acres of cotton alone were lost. No roads were damaged from the floodwaters, however mud flows from area fields required extensive cleanup efforts before roads could be re-opened. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Arnett | - | The public reported penny size hail northwest of Ropesville. Local farmers and newspapers reported that several thousand acres of cotton were destroyed by the hail east of Arnett. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Arnett | - | Portions of Farm-to-Market Road 3261 were closed south of town due to flood waters. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Arnett | - | A long-lived, landspout tornado destroyed a barn and threw farm equipment a distance of about 100 yards. This tornado was visible from 20 to 30 miles away. |
| May 2014 | Flood | Arnett | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clauene | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Opdyke West | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Opdyke | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lockettville | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Levelland | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ropesville | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Smyer | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sundown | 10.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379363. 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.