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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1925 USGS Robstown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Robstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Annaville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
11 since 2003Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2019 | Natural | 411 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WYATT |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CO RD 44 & 1694 |
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARIAT TRAIL COMMAND |
| 5 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRIBBIN FIRE |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIOLET FIRE |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 624 & CR 305 |
| 16 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haas Trucking Company Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haas Trucking Company Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nason Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calallen | $500,000 | Damaging 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calallen | $50,000 | Five power poles were snapped on County Road 50 midway between Farm to Market Road 1889 and County Road 69. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Calallen | $20,000 | Quarter sized hail occurred in Calallen. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calallen | $1,000 | A highway sign was blown down near mile marker 22 on Interstate 37 near Edroy. A large plastic drum was blown across the interstate. |
| April 2023 | Flash Flood | Calallen | - | Water flooded yards due to heavy rainfall with water flowing down streets near Calallen. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Calallen | - | Emergency manager reported access roads on Interstate 37 were flooded near Labonte Park. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Calallen | - | The Calallen High School parking lot flooded. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calallen | - | A personal weather station near Calallen measure a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Calallen | - | 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Calallen | - | Water was over the road on County Road 52 between Calallen and Robstown. Road was nearly impassable. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Calallen | - | Flooding occurred under the overpass of the Nueces River near Labonte Park. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Calallen | - | Quarter sized hail occurred in Calallen. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Calallen | - | Several intersections were flooded in the Calallen to near Robstown area. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Calallen | - | 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calallen | - | Several large tree limbs snapped off in the Wood River subdivision and the River Hills Golf Course. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (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 2003 | Hail | Calallen | - | Nickle sized hail reported by trained spotter near the Five Points area, just south of Calallen. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Calallen | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Calallen | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Calallen | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Calallen | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Calallen | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Calallen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Annaville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Arlington Heights | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| North San Pedro | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Viola | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Robstown | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| McNorton | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Violet | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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.








