BlockPunkin Center, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lamesa Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79331. The Survey maps it on the Punkin Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Punkin Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Punkin Center in 2006, burning about 200 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2006 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Punkin Center in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Punkin Center | $50,000 | The doors to a building were blown inward and through the building. Irrigation pivots were found lying towards the southeast. The time of occurrence is estimated from radar. The cost of damages and the maximum wind gust are also estimated. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Punkin Center | $20,000 | Metal roof panels from a small building were found lying to the south and southeast of the building. The time of occurrence is estimated from radar. The cost of damages and the maximum wind gust are also estimated. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Punkin Center | $10,000 | A fully loaded shipping container was rolled approximately 100 yards towards the southeast. Drone footage showed no clear indication of a tornado path. The time of occurrence is estimated from radar. The cost of damages and the maximum wind gust are also estimated. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Punkin Center | $2,500 | A dusty tornado was reported west of Highway 137, northwest of Lamesa. Damage was surveyed at a home, with the awning and trees being damaged. This tornado had an estimated wind speed of 100 MPH and was rated EF-1. Open fields along the estimated tornado path limited the details of the tornado track. The tornado track and time of occurrence is radar estimated. The cost of damages is also estimated. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Punkin Center | - | A public report was received via MPING of hen egg-size hail 4 miles southwest of Punkin Center. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Punkin Center | - | 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 1378919. 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.