BlockCircle, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Olton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79064. The Survey maps it on the Olton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Olton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Muleshoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Circle between 2011 and 2017, burning about 219 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAWK FIRE |
| 13 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPRINGLAKE ASSISTANCE |
| 12 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPRINGLAKE FIRE |
| 1 November 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE/MUTUAL AID WITH SUDAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Circle in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Circle | - | A long lived supercell tracked from Bailey County into Lamb County and then into Castro County producing periodic severe hail and a tornado from Lamb County into Castro County. Several funnel and tornado reports were received early in the morning of the 26th as WSR-88D data showed increasing and tightening low-level circulation east of Springlake. A photograph of a wedge-type tornado was taken by a storm chaser at 0135 CST southwest of Hart. No reports of damage were received. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springlake | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Olton | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Earth | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Fieldton | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hart Camp | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cofferville | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Corry | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Amherst | 15.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1354505. 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.