BlockRabb, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Bishop census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78380. It stands on Agua Dulce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Robstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveysMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Banquete quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Rabb between 2003 and 2013, burning about 608 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM2826 |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HY44 @ CR 83 A |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HY 44 @ CR 83 |
| 23 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3950 CO RD 44 |
| 22 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM66 @ CR44 |
| 17 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77 CO RD 36 |
| 12 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BANQUETE CREEK @666 |
| 29 June 2011 | Smoking | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOUR SIX FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rabb in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2015: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rabb | $10,000 | NWS storm survey team concluded straight-line winds caused damage near the intersection of County Roads 38 and 81. Wind speeds were estimated to be near 70 mph. Some farm property was damaged by the winds. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rabb | $10,000 | Telephone pole snapped at County Road 79 and Old Robstown Road. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rabb | $10,000 | A power pole was snapped by high winds between Banquete and Robstown just off Highway 44. Wood fences and a metal shed were also damaged in the area. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rabb | $10,000 | Several large branches on trees in Robstown were snapped and a few large trees were uprooted. Power lines were reported down at CR 40 and CR 81. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rabb | $5,000 | Numerous wires and one power pole was blown down near County Road 44 and County Road 81 west-northwest of Robstown. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rabb | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph west of Robstown near County Road 83 and Highway 44. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Rabb | - | Water was reported flowing of CR 44, just west of Robstown. The flowing water was up to a foot deep in some areas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banquete | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Gardens | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| North San Pedro | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| San Pedro | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Robstown | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rancho Banquete | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lost Creek | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bluntzer | 6.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378924. 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.