BlockDraw, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the O'Donnell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79373. The Survey maps it on the Draw quadrangle.
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
- 1970 USGS Draw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Draw between 2008 and 2014, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Draw in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 7 hail, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draw | $60,000 | Strong wind destroyed two mobile homes near Draw, and combined with hail to destroy crops. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Draw | - | A severe thunderstorm developed across northern Lynn County. This thunderstorm produced severe hail northwest of New Home. Numerous reports were received of hail up to one inch from the city of O'Donnell to four miles west of Grassland. Hail up to one and a half inches in diameter was reported near Grassland. No damage was reported. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Draw | - | This tornado developed along Farm to Market 1054 south of the small community of Draw and produced EF1 damage to trees at a residence nearby. The tornado moved south-southwest and grew to a considerable size around one half mile wide while becoming heavily cloaked in dust, but fortunately did not cause any other known damage. As is common with decaying tornadoes with slow motions, this tornado curled abruptly to the left of its mean track (east in this case) and dissipated very near the Lynn and Borden County line. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Draw | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Draw | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Draw | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Draw | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Draw | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Draw | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Draw | - | 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 2034945. 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.