BlockBeck, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sudan-Amherst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79371. The Survey maps it on the Beck 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
- 1964 USGS Beck quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Levelland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Beck between 2006 and 2015, burning about 9,087 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS14-22 |
| 29 July 2011 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 2011-39 |
| 27 June 2011 | Natural | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 2011-24 |
| 26 June 2010 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 19 |
| 2 June 2012 | Natural | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 2012-4 |
| 17 June 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 17 |
| 14 June 2012 | Natural | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 2012-7 |
| 1 June 2010 | Natural | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beck in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beck | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported downed power lines at the intersection of FM Road 303 and FM Road 37. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beck | - | A power pole was bent over due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Beck | - | A cyclic tornadic supercell persisted for several hours near the intersection of Bailey, Lamb, Hockley, and Cochran Counties. This thunderstorm brought copious amount of rainfall to this region leading to flash flooding over a widespread area. Most of the rainfall was observed over far southeastern Bailey County where between three and seven inches of rain fell. While conducting a tornado storm survey the next day, the NWS survey team discovered numerous roads that were impassable due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Amherst | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sudan | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Littlefield | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cofferville | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lums Chapel | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bainer | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fieldton | 17.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379400. 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.