BlockLowe, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Loraine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79512. It stands on Beals Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pecan Crossing 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Pecan Crossing quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowe in 1 storm report in 1996: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Hail | Lowe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Crossing | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Spade | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Colorado City | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Westbrook | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hyman | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Loraine | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Iatan | 18.2 miles | 9 | |
| Buford | 18.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378616. 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.
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.