BlockCallan, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Menard East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76859. The Survey maps it on the Callan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Eden quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Eden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS Callan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brady quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Callan between 2010 and 2011, burning about 332 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID, MENARD CO./US190 E/CALLAN LN/RAMBO |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DALE FIRE |
| 29 August 2011 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE T FIRE |
| 12 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MCCULLOGH CO/CR 126/FORD & SCHMIDT RCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Callan in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flood | Callan | $7,100,000 | TxDOT reported RR 2291, RR 1773, FM 2092, and FM 1311 in Menard County closed due to flooding. Lots of damage to area roads and county infrastructure form the prolonged flooding. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Callan | - | Quarter size hail was reported 8 miles north of Menard. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Callan | - | A tornado was reported near the McCulloch County line. The twister remained over open fields. This tornado crossed into McCulloch County. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Callan | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Callan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fivemile Crossing | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Menard | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fourmile Crossing | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Twentymile Crossing | 14.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hext | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Beyer Crossing | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Erna | 23.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379495. 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.