BlockSuggs, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mertzon South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76930. The Survey maps it on the Suggs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS Barnhart quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Barnhart quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Suggs quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Suggs between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,588 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 | Natural | 192 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAD #1 |
| 28 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUNSON ROAD COMPLEX |
| 2 June 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 131 RAILROAD CALICHE PIT |
| 6 January 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINTHICUM AIR STRIP |
| 4 January 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 January 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCOTT NORTH |
| 16 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST17MIHWY67 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suggs in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Suggs | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Suggs | - | A storm chaser reported quarter to half dollar size hail in Barnhart. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suggs | - | Barnhart Fire Department and Rescue estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph about 7 miles northeast of Barnhart. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Suggs | - | Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail on Ranch Road 2469. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnhart | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Noelke | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mertzon | 16.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sherwood | 18.5 miles | 13 | |
| Old Burk Place | 19.0 miles | 9 | |
| Old Freitag Place | 23.0 miles | 9 | |
| Arden | 27.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380623. 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.