BlockFieldton, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Littlefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79339. The Survey maps it on the Fieldton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fieldton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Muleshoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fieldton between 2010 and 2012, burning about 2,305 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT FIELD FIRE |
| 13 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1003131 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fieldton in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Fieldton | 1 hurt, $810,000 | A large and long-tracked tornado cut a path of damage twenty-nine miles in length and at times nearly three-quarters of a mile wide across portions of Lamb, Hale, Castro and Swisher Counties between 17:57 and 18:36 CST on the 21st. Total damages from the tornado were estimated to exceed $1.2 million, and one person was injured. |The development of this significant tornado was witnessed by storm chasers between Fieldton and Otlon at 17:57 CST. A National Weather Service damage survey team noted that the first damages to occur as a result of the tornado included five medium voltage power poles downed just east of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 168 and County Road 162. Just east of this location, the tops of five power poles were blown off to the north and two center pivot irrigation systems were overturned. One irrigation system was blown toward the west and another toward the northeast. |Farther to the northeast along the tornado's path, along County Road 152 just east of Farm to Market Road 168, two power poles were sheared off above the ground. At this location, a historic multi-story house that was originally constructed in 1913 suffered severe roof damage. A portion of the roof was blown off of the structure toward the southeast. The owners of the home were within days of completing a two year-long renovation. In addition, the skirting was removed from a mobile home across the street from the historic home. Several outbuildings near the residence also sustained minor damage.|The tornado continued northeastward and destroyed several more center pivot irrigation systems and snapped utility poles three to five feet above the ground along County Road 321. The tornado's damage path was measured at seven-tenths of a mile wide in this area. |As the tornadic circulation crossed U.S. Highway 70 two miles east of Olton, four homes were heavily damaged. Two well-built brick structures suffered total roof losses. The resident of one home, and elderly woman, suffered minor injuries while seeking shelter under a kitchen table. A number of light-weight medal structures were destroyed, along with three vehicles and several pieces of farm equipment. One family pet, a dog, was killed at one of the residences. |The tornado killed an unknown number of live-stock as it continued northeast of U.S. Highway 70. The damaging tornado crossed the Lamb and Hale County line at 18:10 CST.|The damages sustained by two of the well-built single-family residences, light-weight medal structures, and numerous utility poles support an EF-2 rating. Winds were estimated between 110 and 120 mph.| |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fieldton | 1 hurt, $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a large storage building, blew down power lines, and snapped two power poles. A man taking shelter from hail in the storage building was injured. An NWS storm survey indicated that the building was open-sided on the east, the direction from which the wind was blowing, which allowed the wind to enter the structure and lift it off of its foundation. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Fieldton | $3,000 | Law enforcement officials and local newspaper accounts indicate that a swath of large hail up to the size of golfballs accompanied a severe storm in eastern Lamb County. The hail caused significant damage to cotton crops roughly along Farm to Market Road 37 from just east of Fieldton to near the Lamb and Hale County line. Approximately 5,000 acres of cotton were destroyed. The hail also reportedly broke windows in at least one vehicle. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Fieldton | - | A photograph on social media depicted ping pong ball size hail south of Fieldton near the intersection of Farm to Market roads 37 and 1072. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fieldton | - | A low precipitation supercell produced large hail over portions of northeastern Lamb County between 17:40 and 18:09 CST. Multiple reports were received of large hail that ranged in size from nickels to golf balls along a swath from north of Fieldton to Olton. Storm chasers discovered one inch diameter hailstones covering the ground along U.S. Highway 70 three miles west of Olton an hour after the storm passed. No damage was reported. |
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Fieldton | - | At 16:45 CST the Federal Aviation Administration relayed a pilot report of a tornado just west of Cotton Center (western Hale County). The tornado had formed along an outflow boundary beneath a rapidly developing severe thunderstorm. The highly visible landspout-type tornado was observed by many officials and the general public from portions of at least three counties as it moved west-northwestward over farm land until it dissipated just south of Corry (extreme eastern Lamb County) at 16:55 CST. ||An eyewitness reported that the tornado briefly broke-up as it crossed Texas Farm to Market Road 37 near the Hale and Lamb County line, then reformed as it crossed into Lamb County. Although no structural damage occurred, farmers reported that the track of the tornado was visible through cotton and wheat fields. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Fieldton | - | A storm chaser reported golfball size hail. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Fieldton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Fieldton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hart Camp | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cofferville | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Corry | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Spade | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Littlefield | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Circle | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Amherst | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Olton | 11.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357320. 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.