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Call, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Call census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75933. The Survey maps it on the Trout Creek quadrangle.

Call within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

380 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Call between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,024 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 67 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
Debris and open burning254
Arson/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
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
8 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIAM ROSEMAN
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODS
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 196
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOOD FIRE
5 September 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceK115
30 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVINGSTON - 952

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

15 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Call in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 hail, 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
April 2015Tornado (EF1)Call$25,000This tornado formed near the Neches River west of Kirbyville in Jasper County and moved east to southeast. The tornado entered Newton County between FM 1013 and South Saint Aubin Road as it passed north of Call. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped along the path damaging a few homes from debris hitting them. Some outbuildings were also damaged. The average width was 50 yards and the path was 5 miles long in Newton County. The total length of the path was 13.3 miles.
January 1999Tornado (F0)Call$25,000no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Call$20,000no account filed
November 2011Tornado (EF1)Call$10,000A tornado touched down near Call, pulling some tin off a barn behind the convenience store, before snapping dozens of pine trees on Highway 82 near the Highway 1004 intersection.
December 1997Thunderstorm WindCall$10,000no account filed
October 2018Tornado (EF1)Call$5,000The tornado moved out of Jasper County and across forested land in Newton County. The tornado dissipated near Highway 87. The maximum estimated winds were 104 MPH.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindCall$5,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCall$3,000Numerous trees were downed and minor roof damage occurred to outbuildings.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCall$2,000Law enforcement reported trees blown down in Call.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCall$2,000Power lines were blown down near Call.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCall$2,000no account filed
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCall-Trees were downed by a storm. Half inch hail was also reported.
September 2020Flash FloodCall-Water blocked multiple roadways near and east of Call.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Call-A tornado cut a path of over 9 miles through Jasper County before dissipating south of Call. Damage in Newton County was confined to minor tree damage along Holmes Road.
March 2009HailCall-The public reported quarter size hail in Call.

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Adsul2.6 miles9
Trout Creek3.4 miles9
Harrells4.3 miles9
Bleakwood6.1 miles9
Salem7.4 miles9
Sandjack9.0 miles12
Howards10.5 miles9
Pine Grove11.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034580. 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.