BlockSpade, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79512. The Survey maps it on the Lake Colorado City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Lake Colorado City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Spade between 2008 and 2020, burning about 561 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 821 & R BEFORE BEALLS CREEK CROSSING |
| 6 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spade in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2017 | Flood | Spade | $1,000 | Heavy rain fell across Mitchell County and produced flooding south of Westbrook. FM 670 was closed and was impassable due to water running out of the fields and across the road. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Spade | - | This report was received from mPING. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Spade | - | Public photo of flood waters crossing FM 670 at the intersection of CR 337 in southern Mitchell County. |
| May 2017 | Heavy Rain | Spade | - | Heavy rain fell southwest of Colorado City. There was four inches of water running over the road at Highway 163 and FM 2836 at Lake Colorado City State Park. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Spade | - | A thunderstorm moved across Mitchell County and produced a tornado about 20 miles south of Colorado City. This tornado was located just west of Highway 208 and did not produce any damage so it was rated as an EF-0. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Spade | - | Heavy rain fell across Mitchell County with 18 inches of flowing water across portions of SH 208 south of FM 644. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Spade | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Spade | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lowe | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pecan Crossing | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Iatan | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Colorado City | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hyman | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Buford | 15.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cuthbert | 16.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379096. 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.