BlockCharco, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goliad North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77963. The Survey maps it on the Charco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Charco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Charco between 2006 and 2018, burning about 230 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09052011-CHARCO (ROADSIDE) |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-39 |
| 30 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWELL |
| 21 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-08 |
| 16 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 04162011-GRASS FIRE |
| 31 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR131 OFF OF TX239 |
| 15 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-04 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charco in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charco | $25,000 | A roof was blown off of a large ranch lodge. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Charco | - | Estimated size of hail. Piles of hail were still on the ground 15 hours after the event. |
| November 2016 | Hail | Charco | - | Observer reported quarter sized hail. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Charco | - | Goliad County Sheriff's Office reported Farm to Market Roads 883 and 2442 were covered with water northwest of Berclair. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charco | - | Large trees down all over Charco. Reported by Goliad County EMC. |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Charco | - | Tornado was associated with Tropical Depression Fay. No damage reported. |
| November 2001 | Hail | Charco | - | 5 MILES SE OF CHARCO. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Charco | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Charco | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Charco | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1354316. 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.