BlockSedwick, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moran census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76464. The Survey maps it on the Moran quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1892 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moran quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Sedwick between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,475 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTLE LEASE FIRE |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORAN ASSIST |
| 30 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARRETT LEASE FIRE |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedwick in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedwick | - | A trained spotter reported numerous tree branches 4 to 6 inches in diameter snapped of trees. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedwick | - | A trained spotter reported a wind gust of 60 mph, 4 miles north of Moran. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sedwick | - | A trained spotter reported half dollar to hen egg size hail falling along Texas State Highway 6, four miles north-northwest of Moran. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sedwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Sedwick | - | 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.
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 Q122542522 | 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 1379050. 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.