BlockParnell, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Estelline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79201. The Survey maps it on the Parnell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS Memphis SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Parnell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Parnell between 2007 and 2020, burning about 2,755 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAM & WOOTER |
| 15 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORD R & 21 |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIDSON |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 16 FIRE |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COSTER FIRE |
| 19 August 2019 | Natural | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE FERRELL |
| 12 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAR DITCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parnell in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Hail | Parnell | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Parnell | - | The public reported pea to marble size hail. No damage was noted. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Parnell | - | Rural residents in the Estillene area witnessed the life cycle of a tornado between 15:20 and 15:27 CST on the 29th. Eyewitness accounts described a small satellite tornado which developed in proximity to the main tornado for about a minute before the main tornado dissipated. Both tornadoes remained in open range land and resulted in no damages. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Parnell | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Parnell | - | 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 1364851. 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.