BlockGomez, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brownfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79316. The Survey maps it on the Gomez quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Gomez quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Gomez between 2006 and 2015, burning about 264 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUDSON FIRE |
| 20 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 SOUTH ON 62/385 |
| 18 April 2011 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 SOUTH HWY 62/385 |
| 10 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENSON CONTROLLED BURN |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 February 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR315 N CR430 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gomez in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Gomez | - | Heavy rain in a short period of time brought flash flooding in and around the city of Brownfield late on the 17th into the early morning hours of the 18th. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Gomez | - | A photograph on social media showed a vehicle that had drifted off the road at a low water crossing in Brownfield. The Brownfield police department confirmed that there were several flooded out vehicles throughout town. Additionally, heavy rainfall led to several flooded out buildings in town. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EFU) | Gomez | - | This tornado drifted slowly east over cotton fields. Damage, if any, was not known. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gomez | - | An emergency manager estimated wind gusts to 70 mph in Gomez. No damage was reported. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Gomez | - | Quarter size hail destroyed at least 10,000 acres of cotton. |
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 1379843. 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.