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Calallen, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Corpus Christi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78410. The Survey maps it on the Annaville quadrangle.

Calallen within Nueces County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Calallen between 2003 and 2019, burning about 738 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
28 August 2019Natural411 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWYATT
7 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCO RD 44 & 1694
15 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLARIAT TRAIL COMMAND
5 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenance300 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRIBBIN FIRE
22 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVIOLET FIRE
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 624 & CR 305
16 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 February 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nueces County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Calallen: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Haas Trucking Company OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haas Trucking Company OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nason PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Nueces County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calallen in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 hail, 7 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
January 2011Thunderstorm WindCalallen$500,000Damaging winds occurred from the Calallen area into the Annaville section of Corpus Christi. Metal air vents were bent and damaged at the power station in Calallen. There was sporadic tree, powerline, and fence damage in Calallen. Several metal sheds were destroyed. Trees were snapped and powerlines down in the Annaville area also. Minor to major roof damage occured in this area as well.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCalallen$50,000Five power poles were snapped on County Road 50 midway between Farm to Market Road 1889 and County Road 69.
April 2014HailCalallen$20,000Quarter sized hail occurred in Calallen.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindCalallen$1,000A highway sign was blown down near mile marker 22 on Interstate 37 near Edroy. A large plastic drum was blown across the interstate.
April 2023Flash FloodCalallen-Water flooded yards due to heavy rainfall with water flowing down streets near Calallen.
August 2022Flash FloodCalallen-Emergency manager reported access roads on Interstate 37 were flooded near Labonte Park.
May 2021Flash FloodCalallen-The Calallen High School parking lot flooded.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCalallen-A personal weather station near Calallen measure a wind gust to 60 mph.
June 2020Flash FloodCalallen-Flooding was reported from around Calallen High School to near Suntide Lane and Interstate 37 near Annaville. Water was over the left two lanes of Interstate 37 near Suntide Lane.
June 2020Flash FloodCalallen-Water was over the road on County Road 52 between Calallen and Robstown. Road was nearly impassable.
June 2018FloodCalallen-Flooding occurred under the overpass of the Nueces River near Labonte Park.
April 2015HailCalallen-Quarter sized hail occurred in Calallen.
April 2015Flash FloodCalallen-Several intersections were flooded in the Calallen to near Robstown area.
July 2007FloodCalallen-Both the Nueces River at Calallen and the Nueces River at Bluntzer recorded major flooding in July. Several homes were flooded forcing evacuations. Disaster declarations were declared for both San Patricio and Nueces counties due to this river flooding. Dollar estimates on the damage were not known at the time of this writing. Flooding of the Nueces River in this area began on June 29th and continued through August 25th.||
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCalallen-Several large tree limbs snapped off in the Wood River subdivision and the River Hills Golf Course.
September 2005Tornado (F0)Calallen-Law enforcement observed and took pictures of a tornado near FM 624 and CR 73, just inside the county line. The tornado moved northeast for a brief time over open county, producing no damage.
October 2003HailCalallen-Nickle sized hail reported by trained spotter near the Five Points area, just south of Calallen.
May 2006HailCalallen-no account filed
May 2002HailCalallen-no account filed
May 2002HailCalallen-no account filed
May 2002HailCalallen-no account filed
August 1999Flash FloodCalallen-no account filed
May 1996HailCalallen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nueces 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
Five Points0.9 miles13
Annaville2.9 miles13
Arlington Heights3.7 miles13
North San Pedro5.5 miles13
Viola5.6 miles13
Robstown5.9 miles13
McNorton5.9 miles13
Violet6.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1331858. 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.