BlockCone, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ralls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79357. The Survey maps it on the Cone quadrangle. It stands 3,130 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Cone quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Cone between 2010 and 2018, burning about 186 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADAMS |
| 29 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROYE |
| 26 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS ON FM207 |
| 1 December 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARMER 1 |
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 Cone in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 6 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cone | $30,000 | Strong wind damaged the roof of the school, destroyed a carport, damaged the roof of a home, and blew down trees. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cone | $20,000 | A swath of destructive winds in the rear flank downdraft of a supercell exited Floyd County and engulfed much of northern Crosby County for at least 45 minutes. The slow movement of the supercell and its eventual collapse near Crosbyton prolonged the duration and intensity of these winds. Wind gusts in Crosbyton were measured as high as 77 mph resulting in scattered minor structural damage. Several tree limbs were broken and a few trees were completely snapped or uprooted. Multiple power outages resulted from snapped power poles throughout portions of northern Crosby County. These fierce winds also created a dangerous haboob that produced near zero visibility in blowing dust for several minutes. An unknown quantity of young grain crops in the area were damaged or destroyed after being sand blasted by wind and dust. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Cone | - | Trained storm spotters reported penny size hail. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Cone | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported in open country by SKYWARN spotters. No NWS survey was conducted. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Cone | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Cone | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cone | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Cone | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Cone | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cone | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5159441 | 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 1354866. 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.