BlockCaldwell, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Shallowater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79363. The Survey maps it on the Abernathy SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Abernathy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Abernathy SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abernathy SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell between 2006 and 2019, burning about 2,036 acres in total. 3 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2018143 |
| 28 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-84 |
| 7 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2019 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIDNIGHT |
| 27 March 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-35 |
| 2 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caldwell in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Caldwell | - | An intense and long-lived supercell thunderstorm slowly tracked to the east across portions of Hockley, Lamb, Hale, Lubbock, and Crosby Counties. In addition to producing very large hail and numerous tornadoes, it also created very heavy rainfall which led to flash flooding across a large area of the South Plains. Several reports were received from storm chasers across Hockley, Lamb, and Hale Counties of water over many roadways. Numerous reports from Lubbock County and area web cams showed water flowing over city streets as deep as three feet in some areas. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Caldwell | - | A trained spotter observed a brief tornado lasting for five minutes about five miles north of Shallowater. No damage was reported. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Caldwell | - | Pictures on social media indicated hail up to the size of ping pongs near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 175 and County Road 5200 in Lubbock County. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Caldwell | - | Several reports were received of quarter size hail covering the ground in north-central Lubbock County. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Caldwell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shallowater | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| New Deal | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Abernathy | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Broadview | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 11.3 miles | 10 | |
| Reese Village | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| West Carlisle | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Carlisle | 13.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379490. 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.