BlockCrews, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79567. The Survey maps it on the Crews quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Crews quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Crews between 2007 and 2012, burning about 408 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COX |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAGG''S CORNER |
| 29 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 October 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAGG'S CORNER |
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crews in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 4 hail, 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 2023 | Hail | Crews | - | A storm chaser reported 3.5 inch diameter hail 3.3 miles north-northeast of Crews. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Crews | - | The public reported hen egg size hail 4.2 miles north of Crews. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF3) | Crews | - | This large, wide path tornado remained mostly in the rural part of eastern Runnels County. It damaged and even snapped tree trunks. It toppled four high tension steel towers and destroyed another. The tornado also destroyed a few outbuildings and a Recreational Vehicle. The debris was thrown for at least a half mile. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Crews | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Crews | - | 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 2035011. 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.