BlockCastor, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goldthwaite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76844. The Survey maps it on the San Saba Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1925 USGS San Saba 1-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS San Saba Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Castor in 2006, burning about 11 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 January 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castor in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Hail | Castor | $30,000 | There were several broadcast media reports of golf ball sized hail near the community of Castor, in Mills County. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Castor | $8,000 | Public reported golf ball sized hail around 4 miles south of Goldthwaite. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castor | $7,000 | Part of the metal roof of a manufactured home on CR 411 south of Goldthwaite was peeled back. The beams were also lifted off with the sheet of metal. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Castor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scallorn | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Antelope Gap (historical) | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Goldthwaite | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Double Ford | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Big Valley | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Center City | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Durenville | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379516. 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.