BlockJohnson, 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
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 2006 and 2011, burning about 4,606 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 | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2196 AND CR 155 |
| 18 May 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 380 AND CR435 |
| 25 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPADE RANCH FIRE |
| 2 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | .5 MILES N ON FM 402 |
| 16 February 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR315 N CR430 |
| 12 February 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1061 FM 303 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Johnson | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Johnson | - | A trained spotter reported a brief anticyclonic tornado west of Brownfield. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Law enforcement officials estimated 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Johnson | - | 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 1380008. 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.