BlockPurves, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. The Survey maps it on the Dublin 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Purves between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,404 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 309 GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 333 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 325 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONNER |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 284 GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 296 GRASS FIRE |
| 24 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 284 GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Purves in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Purves | $5,000 | A public report indicated many tree limbs blown down, a shed destroyed, and some damage to roofs of outbuildings about 7 miles southeast of Dublin. |
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 1378921. 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.