BlockPearl, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Evant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. The Survey maps it on the Pearl quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1887 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evant quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
173 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Pearl between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,756 acres in total. 4 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 | 131 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 501 CROMEANS RD |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CUMMINGS FIRE |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEAR BRANCH RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearl in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Hail | Pearl | $40,000 | Dime-size hail gradually increased to baseball-size throughout the duration of the storm. Extensive damage occurred to churches in the area. Reported by cooperative observer. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearl | $15,000 | A roof was blown off a building and trees were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearl | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down along Highway 281 near Evant. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearl | - | Coryell County Sheriff's Department reported trees blown down near the town of Pearl, TX. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Pearl | - | Residual flooding continued and many roads remained closed through the late morning hours. This was well after the heavy rain had ended. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Pearl | - | Up to 10 inches of rain fell across Coryell County, and many roads and creeks remained closed for many hours after the heavy rain had ended. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pearl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120998859 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380335. 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.