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Brock, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76087. It stands on Olive Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brock quadrangle.

Brock within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

125 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Brock between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,384 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Debris and open burning28
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD BROCK ROAD
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4400 OLD DENNIS ROAD
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service403 MM WB INTERSTATE 20
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Debris and open burning3.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2300 COX ROAD
25 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service500 BARNES ROAD
24 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceI-20 CMD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brock: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Industrial QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Parker County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brock in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 16 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBrock$100,000Widespread damage was caused in Brock. Brock Middle School sustained roof damage to its gymanisum and two churches across the street were damaged. The community center also sustained roof damage. Widespread tree damage was observed in the community; most noteable a 6 foot diameter tree that was 58 feet tall was uprooted in front of a church. A number of outbuildings sustained roof damage on Young Bend Road. The storm also knocked out power.
June 2014Flash FloodBrock$50,000Timber Wild Drive in Brock was being barricaded due to an estimated 10 of water over the road. Ox Mill Creek Road was also being barricaded. Water was also reported over Old Dennis Road and Daniel Road. A vehicle became trapped in high water on Old Brock Road.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindBrock$50,000A double-wide mobile home was overturned, and homes were damaged by thunderstorm winds.
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Brock$30,000Carports and trees were ripped up as a tornado was tracked approximately 11 miles southeast of Millsap. Storage buildings were also destroyed.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindBrock$30,000A mobile home was overturned in the Horseshoe Bend area, and another moved off foundation. Eight portable buildings were also damaged.
April 2026HailBrock$25,000Facebook photos and local emergency management reported hail between golf ball to tennis ball size fell in Brock.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBrock$25,000Emergency management reported heavy damage to a metal county precinct barn in the community of Brock. A weather station nearby recorded a 74 mph wind gust.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBrock$15,000Strong winds from a dissipating storm, possibly a heatburst, tore the metal roof off a mobile home in Brock. Near this time, the automated weather station at the Mineral Wells Airport (KMWL) reported a 56 MPH wind gust.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Brock$12,000A small, weak, intermittent EF-0 tornado with max winds of 65 mph touched down around 6.2 miles southwest of Weatherford and moved northward before lifting in the Greenwood community around 3.7 miles west of Weatherford. Large tree branches were blown down and an outbuilding was flipped over along Royal Santana Run, and a few trees and tree branches were blown down along Old Brock Road and Coy Road. North of I-20, a few tree branches were blown down along Ranger Highway east of Greenwood Cut Off Road and near Desperado Way, and a home and barn received minor damage between Greenwood Cut Off Road and High Meadows Drive.
June 2025HailBrock$11,000Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).
June 2025HailBrock$11,000Hen egg sized hail was reported near mile marker 401 on I-20.
April 2026HailBrock$9,000Amateur radio operator reported 2 inch hail southwest of Weatherford, near Dennis Road and FM 1189.
May 2009HailBrock$8,000Golfball hail was observed in Brock.
April 2026HailBrock$7,000Report of 1.75 inch hail from mPING.
April 2026HailBrock$7,000Emergency manager reported golf ball sized hail in Brock.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBrock$7,000Estimated winds of 60-70 mph knocked down tree limbs and fences in Brock.
October 2019HailBrock$500A social media report indicated ping pong ball sized hail in the city of Brock, TX.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBrock$500The trailer of an 18-wheeler was blown over onto its side at Rig Trucking at Interstate 20 and FM 1189.
April 2026HailBrock-Amateur radio operator reports 1 inch hail near mile marker 403 on I-20 southwest of Weatherford.
May 2025HailBrock-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
June 2025HailBrock-Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
December 2022Tornado (EF0)Brock-An EF-0 tornado briefly affected Parker County on the southwest side of Greenwood, southwest of Weatherford. The tornado touched down just south of I-20 on Quanah Hill Road near Dennis Road where tree damage was noted along with damage to a nearby parked trailer. Moving northeast the tornado crossed Interstate 20 where multiple 18 wheelers were flipped over. Just north of Interstate 20, the tornado impacted a commercial warehouse/garage on Dennis Road where the overhead doors and a portion of the south wall collapsed outward while the overhead doors on the north side of the building collapsed inward. The tornado continued northeastward into a neighborhood north of Quanah Hill Road where additional tree damage was noted with additional minor damage along the street before the tornado lifted. Maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBrock-Amateur radio reported a 60 MPH wind gust approximately 6 miles southwest of Weatherford, TX.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Brock-Off duty NWS employees observed a tornado near the Brock exit on I-20. This was the third in a series of tornadoes in and around Millsap. Damage was contained to open fields.
April 2012HailBrock-Quarter sized hail was reported from the intersection of Dennis Road and Interstate 20, north towards Greenwood.
March 2000HailBrock-Occurred at Tin Top.
March 2000HailBrock-Occurred at Tin Top.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindBrock-Trees were blown down by strong winds.
April 2002HailBrock-no account filed
June 1999HailBrock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parker 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
Brock Junction2.0 miles18
Maxwell Crossing3.8 miles18
Dennis4.0 miles18
Stephens Crossing4.2 miles18
Powell Crossing4.4 miles18
Millsap6.1 miles20
Buckner6.3 miles18
Bennett6.4 miles20

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 BrockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4972690The 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 1378050. 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.