Center, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79543. The Survey maps it on the Roby 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.
- 1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Roby quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Center between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,231 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 419 |
| 24 August 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARDITCH |
| 5 July 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST 5TH LIGHTENING |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CURTIS CHAPMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center | - | A couple of barns were blown away along Farm to Market Road 2832 a few miles south of Rotan. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Center | - | Law enforcement reported a brief tornado 5 miles southwest of the town of Roby. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Center | - | Hail covered the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sardis | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Roby | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fisher | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cross Roads | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| North Roby | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Busby | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Capitola | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Longworth | 7.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1332520. 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.




