Crystal Falls, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76424. It stands on Hubbard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Falls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1890 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Crystal Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Falls between 2002 and 2020, burning about 784 acres in total. 9 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 178 CRYSTAL FALLS |
| 15 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 183 BOAT 1 |
| 12 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 183 BOAT2 |
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 152 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH TX - 1 |
| 31 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 578/1481 |
| 27 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VEALE FIRE |
| 2 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 178 |
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crystal Falls in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 11 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crystal Falls | $5,000 | Trees were uprooted by high winds. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Crystal Falls | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Crystal Falls | - | A severe thunderstorm developed in Shackelford County, then moved northeast into western Stephens County. The storm crossed Hubbard Creek Reservoir before gaining additional rotation evident on radar. As the storm moved into northern Stephens County, a tornado developed near Crystal Falls. The tornado was rated an EF-0 with damage confined to broken tree limbs. Maximum wind speeds were around 65 mph. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | Quarter size hail was reported 10 miles south of Woodson. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crystal Falls | - | Emergency management reported multiple post oak trees blown down in high winds near the county line at FM 578. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | 30 mph wind and hail ranging from pea to quarter size reported. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crystal Falls | - | Tree blown down by high winds. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Crystal Falls | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Breckenridge | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| South Hanlon | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Eolian | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Caddo | 17.4 miles | 13 | |
| Necessity | 18.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mankins Mill | 18.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wayland | 20.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378191. 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.




