BlockDowning, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the De Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76442. The Survey maps it on the De Leon 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS De Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Downing between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,365 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 | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPSON |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2861 |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUSH CREEK FIRE |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALDERMAN FIRE |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARRUTH HAY FIRE |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES CROSSING USACE |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6610 HWY 2318 |
| 13 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6810 HWY 2318 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Downing in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Downing | $100,000 | Broadcast media reported tennis ball sized hail along Highway 16 north of Comanche. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Downing | $50,000 | Wind damaged houses, and trees were blown down. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Downing | $20,000 | Amateur radio operators reported golf ball sized hail between Comanche and DeLeon, on State Highway 16. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Downing | $10,000 | A social media picture indicated tennis ball sized hail between Comanche and De Leon. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Downing | $5,000 | Lake Proctor rose due to heavy rains and flooded docks and camping areas around its banks. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Downing | $1,000 | Golfball size hail was reported in Downing. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Downing | - | Comanche Fire Department reported dime sized hail covering the ground. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Downing | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported in Downing. |
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 Downing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110903772 | 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 1378224. 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.