BlockOpdyke, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Levelland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79336. The Survey maps it on the Levelland East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Levelland East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Levelland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Opdyke between 2011 and 2016, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 114 DITCH |
| 26 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 108 BUTCH |
| 16 February 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2300 ELLIS |
| 31 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 204 LOBO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Opdyke in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 2015 | Hail | Opdyke | $15,000 | A swath of severe hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls was reported across northeast Hockley County. Damage was spotty and consisted of minor vehicle and wheat damage. |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Opdyke | - | Local broadcast media relayed a video of a brief landspout tornado just south of Opdyke West in Hockley County. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Opdyke | - | |Local law enforcement officials reported quarter size hail at Opdyke West. |
| September 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Opdyke | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opdyke West | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Levelland | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Smyer | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Arnett | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Whitharral | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Clauene | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Coble | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ropesville | 14.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1364566. 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.