BlockJoel, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hereford East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79045. The Survey maps it on the Hereford SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1971 USGS Hereford SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Joel between 2006 and 2018, burning about 7,692 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIMMS |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTHWEST FEEDYARD |
| 5 June 2018 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 101 RANCH |
| 12 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREEN PLAINS |
| 27 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RD 7B |
| 25 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1259 |
| 24 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIERRA BLANCA FIRE |
| 31 March 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAILROAD I |
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 Joel in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 hail. 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 2007 | Hail | Joel | - | Reported along U.S. Highway 385. |
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 1380006. 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.