Champion, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roscoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79545. The Survey maps it on the Bench Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Bench Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Champion between 2005 and 2020, burning about 795 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAMPION STORE GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2008 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 2319 AN CR 135 |
| 7 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIS HUGHES FIRE |
| 25 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-20 MM 230 FIRE |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE DUNCAN HASTINGS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Champion in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Champion | $200,000 | An NWS survey team found evidence of tornado damage that extended from near Champion to about 3 miles east of Champion. Several power poles were snapped and a barn was totally destroyed. Irrigation equipment was also thrown about and twisted. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | $80,000 | The rear flank downdraft impacted the Champion community with estimated winds at 80 mph. Trees were uprooted and fell into several houses. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | $2,000 | High winds destroyed a pivot irrigation system. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Champion | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Champion | - | Social media reported golf ball size hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Champion | - | The report was from mping. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Champion | - | The public reported 2 inch diameter hail near Champion. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | A residence lost its metal roof on a section of the home. Power poles were knocked down. In addition, several branches were snapped due to the wind and leaves stripped due to hail. The hail was at least 6 inches deep on the nearby road. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was reported. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Champion | - | Hail from a second severe thunderstorm feel for 30 minutes. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Champion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownlee | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Roscoe | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Shaufler | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Wastella | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Avenger Village | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maryneal | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sweetwater | 13.8 miles | 13 | |
| Orient | 15.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378111. 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.



