BlockSapoak, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Morgan Mill-Bluff Dale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76401. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morgan Mill 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 Morgan Mill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Sapoak between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,170 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | X-RAY FIRE |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR139 CAUE COUNTY MOWER |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1188 AT CR 139 |
| 27 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 1188 |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 43 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 465 |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLS ABOVE PK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sapoak in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Sapoak | $40,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth found that a tornado developed near the intersection of CR 140 and CR 141 north of Morgan Mill. Large trees were snapped along CR 140 and FM 3208. Tree and sporadic roof damage occurred across FM 2603, and continued northeast into Palo Pinto County. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum winds between 80 and 85 MPH. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Sapoak | $20,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth found that a tornado formed near the intersection of CR 120 and CR 125. The tornado moved east causing damage to a shed and a mobile home. Tree limbs were damaged across CR 118. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum sustained winds of 65 MPH. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sapoak | $10,000 | Baseball size hail fell 2 miles east-northeast of Thurber. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sapoak | $5,000 | Spotter report of 2-inch hail in northern Erath County near the intersection of county road 135 and FM 1188. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sapoak | - | Spotters report quarter size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patillo | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Morgan Mill | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hannibal | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Huckabay | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Thurber | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bluff Dale | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Knob Hill | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lingleville | 16.1 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549040 | 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 1379032. 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.