BlockCalf Creek, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76825. The Survey maps it on the Calf Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Calf Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Calf Creek between 2006 and 2011, burning about 347 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 104 |
| 24 August 2010 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | QUINN |
| 5 July 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PORTER RANCH |
| 20 April 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MCCULLOGH CO/US 190 W |
| 20 April 2011 | Natural | 155 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOELKE FIRE |
| 20 December 2010 | Debris and open burning | 126 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALF CREEK ( 1311 FIRE ) |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calf Creek in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 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 | Calf Creek | - | Law enforcement reported water flowing over FM 1311 just inside the McCulloch County line near Calf Creek, causing the road to be impassable. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Calf Creek | - | McCulloch County Sherrif's office reported quarter size hail just southwest of Brady. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Calf Creek | - | Law enforcement reported FM 1311 and Calf Creek Road impassable because of water over the roadway. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Calf Creek | - | TxDOT in Brownwood reports FM 1311 closed at State Highway 190 and State Highway 29 due to flooding. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Calf Creek | - | Golf ball to tennis ball size hail was reported near the intersection of U.S. highway 190 and Ranch Road 1311. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Calf Creek | - | A tornado crossed over from Menard County and remained in open fields. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp San Saba | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| Niblock | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Marco | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Brady | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Whiteland | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| Homer Junction | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| West Sweden | 14.7 miles | 12 | |
| Voca | 15.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379493. 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.