BlockProgress, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Muleshoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79347. The Survey maps it on the Progress 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Progress quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Muleshoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Progress between 2008 and 2020, burning about 356 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016097 |
| 8 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017066 |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020098 |
| 10 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010066 |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020084 |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2019086 |
| 28 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017062 |
| 27 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016076 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Progress in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 flood. 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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Progress | $50,000 | Law enforcement initially reported a tornado near the town of Lariat. Broadcast media relayed a picture of a funnel cloud near the same time and location of the previous report. A NWS storm survey revealed that this tornado began in northern Bailey County along County Road 54 between Farm to Market Road 3125 and County Road 1038. This tornado went to the north-northeast to overturn a center pivot irrigation system before crossing into Parmer County and turning to the north-northwest. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Progress | $10,000 | Trained weather spotters reported very large hail of 3.75 inches in rural Bailey County. Minor damage was reported to vehicles along U.S. Highway 84. |
| September 2024 | Flood | Progress | - | A storm chaser reported water over the roadway near the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1731 and 1760. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Progress | - | Storm chasers observed a landspout tornado for less than one minute in far northern Bailey County over open land. The tornado did not cause any damage, hence the EFU rating. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Progress | - | Flash flooding was observed over a portion of Northwest Bailey County, southwest of Muleshoe. Farm to Market Road 746 was covered with sand and mud after water receded following radar estimates of six to eight inches of rain. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Progress | - | Broadcast media relayed a report from the public of tennis ball size hail six miles south of Farwell, or about two miles west of West Camp in Bailey County. No damage was reported. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Progress | - | A storm chaser reported half dollar size hail along U.S. Highway 84 in Bailey County. By 14:51 CST, the hail was intermittently mixed with very large 3.75 inch hail stones. No significant damages were reported. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Progress | - | Local law enforcement and emergency management officials reported that large hail up to the size of quarters fell along U.S. Highway 84 from near Progress to Muleshoe. At 18:45 CST marble to quarter size hail was initially reported just northwest of Progress. By 19:01 CST, dime to nickel size hail reportedly fell in Muleshoe. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Progress | - | Numerous secondary roads were reportedly inundated by flood waters in northwestern Bailey County. By 22:50 CST, law enforcement officials reported that Farm to Market Road 1760 had been closed due to flash flooding west of U.S. Highway 84. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Progress | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail reportedly covered the ground along a swath from the West Camp community southward along Farm to Market Road 1731. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Progress | - | Nickel size hail was reported by the public in West Camp. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Progress | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Progress | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Progress | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Progress | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Progress | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muleshoe | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview | 16.1 miles | 9 | |
| Needmore | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Baileyboro | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Circleback | 18.9 miles | 8 | |
| Stegall | 20.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bula | 27.2 miles | 9 | |
| Enochs | 28.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1365803. 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.