BlockMetcalf Gap, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Strawn-Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76475. The Survey maps it on the Metcalf Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1918 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Metcalf Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Metcalf Gap between 2005 and 2020, burning about 8,826 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTER |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HELL'S BALES |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VICTORY |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 101 RANCH |
| 26 September 2019 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LENZY |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN PIT |
| 16 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 180 WEST FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Metcalf Gap in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 5 hail, 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 2025 | Hail | Metcalf Gap | - | NWS employee reported 1.25 inch hail on HWY 180 just west of Palo Pinto. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Metcalf Gap | - | Amateur radio reported penny sized hail in the city of Metcalf Gap, TX. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Metcalf Gap | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in the Metcalf Gap area. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Metcalf Gap | - | Amateur radio operators observed a tornado near Metcalf Gap. This tornado did little damage, except to trees and ranch land. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Metcalf Gap | - | Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 180 and Farm-to-Market Road 919 west of the city of Palo Pinto. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Metcalf Gap | - | 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 1341432. 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.