Clarkwood, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Corpus Christi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78406. The Survey maps it on the Annaville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1925 USGS Robstown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Robstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Annaville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clarkwood between 2006 and 2016, burning about 212 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGLOIN FIRE |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIOLET FIRE |
| 11 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13724 FM 665 |
| 9 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOE FULTON CORRIDOR |
| 28 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Clarkwood: 4 producers, 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Corpus Christi Zinc Refinery | Zinc, Cadmium | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Koch Corpus Christi Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| General Dredging Corp Shell Dredge | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| P P G Industries Inc Operation | Silica | Producer | ||
| Haas Trucking Company Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarkwood in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Clarkwood | - | Clarkwood Road at Highway 44 was covered by flood waters. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkwood | - | ASOS at Corpus Christi International Airport recorded a 59 MPH gust. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Clarkwood | - | Heavy rainfall, associated with remnants of Hurricane Dolly, caused flooding along Highway 44, near Clarkwood Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| McNorton | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Flour Bluff Junction | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Violet | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Arlington Heights | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Viola | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Annaville | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Nueces | 4.6 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122554753 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1332903. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








