BlockFuller, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Shamrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79079. The Survey maps it on the Fuller quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fulller quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Fuller between 2005 and 2018, burning about 16,260 acres in total. 4 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARBON BLACK RD GRASS FIRE |
| 31 July 2011 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DABERRY ROAD |
| 10 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I 40 & CO RD 29 |
| 10 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EMMERT FIRE |
| 9 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2008 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2008 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fuller in 1 storm report in 2007: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Fuller | - | This tornado developed fourteen miles northeast of Lutie in extreme northeastern Collingsworth County and entered Wheeler County about eight miles east southeast of Shamrock at 1828 CST. The tornado then continued north northeast for about another six miles before dissipating nine miles east northeast of Shamrock. The tornado was rated an EF0 in extreme northeastern Collingsworth County...but was rated an EF1 in Wheeler County where a stand of trees was damaged. No injuries were reported. Damage was verified by WFO OUN. |
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 1379813. 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.