BlockChalk, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Paducah South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79248. The Survey maps it on the Chalk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Chalk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Chalk between 2001 and 2015, burning about 1,699 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTHEAST FM 1038 COMPLEX |
| 23 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST BRANCH - 11 |
| 9 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Natural | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 19 May 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAVINS FIRE |
| 18 May 2012 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE - HAVINS FIRE |
| 8 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1278 DON HUTCHINSON RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chalk in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 6 hail, 2 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a 40' by 60' barn. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Chalk | - | A storm chaser reported hail up to two inches in diameter south of Paducah along US Highway 83. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk | - | An NWS Cooperative Observer reported a large tree was uprooted. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Chalk | - | A NWS COOP Observer in southern Cottle County reported hail between pea and nickel size for about 25 minutes. No damage was reported. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Chalk | - | Penny to nickel size hail accompanied a severe thunderstorm that moved north-northeastward across eastern Cottle County. The public initially reported nickel size hail at Chalk at 16:20 CST. Penny size hail was later reported at Swearingen just before 17:00 CST. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Chalk | - | Dime-size hail was 1.5 inches deep on the ground. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Chalk | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Chalk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneedville | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hackberry | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ginsite | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Delwin | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Paducah | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Valley View | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobs (historical) | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ogden | 15.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379526. 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.