BlockUnion, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Slaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79364. The Survey maps it on the Woodrow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS New Home quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS New Home NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Woodrow quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Union between 2006 and 2015, burning about 29 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 31 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 7700 |
| 2 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 154 |
| 13 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR2 87 GRASS |
| 19 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE RAINBOW FIRE |
| 3 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 87 AND 1585 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Union: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr Caliche Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Union | - | As a surface boundary was moving through Lubbock County, thunderstorms developed along this boundary in the southern portion of the County. These thunderstorms caused the boundary to stall out and allow thunderstorms to train over southern Lubbock County. Rain gages near Woodrow measured as much as four inches of rain within a two hour period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Posey | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Slaton | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Burris | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Slide | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Buffalo Springs Lake | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ransom Canyon | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lubbock | 12.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380694. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.