BlockVera, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Benjamin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76380. The Survey maps it on the Vera quadrangle. It stands 1,460 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Vera quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Kemp quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Vera between 2008 and 2020, burning about 248 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VERA GRASS FIRE |
| 6 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY LINE |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VERA EAST FIRE |
| 2 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMMUNITY CENTER 2 |
| 21 March 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VERA EAST FIRE |
| 21 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SLAGLE FIRE |
| 10 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 82 DITCH FIRE KNOX COUNTY |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vera in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Vera | $500,000 | This tornado started just southwest of Vera and initially moved southeast for about a mile before turning east. A number of trees were damaged, a crane was toppled and a blade of a wind turbine was broken south of Vera. As the tornado moved east approaching US Highway 82, at least two metal buildings were significantly damaged, and one outbuilding was destroyed with pieces of the building blown onto the highway. One home near the county line also suffered roof damage. The tornado then crossed into Baylor County along and north of US-82. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | $2,000 | Power lines downed along Highway 82. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | $2,000 | Power poles were downed. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Vera | - | The hail was reported just north of Highway 82. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F3) | Vera | - | The tornado began in Knox County and traveled just over 16 miles, eventually moving into Baylor County for less than a half a mile before dissipating 3.3 miles SW of Bomarton. The storm was being seeded by precipitation from another supercell just to its southwest and the tornado was apparently rain-wrapped throughout its duration. However mobile research radars, Doppler on Wheels (DOW), were able to track this tornado. The initial path of the tornado was to the south-southwest crossing U.S. Highway 82. The tornado then generally moved to the southeast for the rest of its life. This tornado moved through sparsely populated areas with no reported damage. Preliminary analysis of data from the Doppler On Wheels indicated a maximum wind velocity of 79 m/s (about 177 mph) at 30 m above ground level which was measured at 1829 CST when the tornado was in open country about 6 miles south of Vera. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Vera | - | A brief tornado was reported by the general public near Vera, and was described as rope-like. The tornado tracked over open land for 1/2 mile before dissipating. No damage was reported (F0). |
| May 1994 | Hail | Vera | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm in Knox County during the afternoon hours on the 11th produced hail up to nickel-size. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Vera | - | Thunderstorms during the evening hours on the 9th produced hail up to golf ball-size. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Vera | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Vera | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vera | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Vera | - | 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.
| Wikipedia article on Vera | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711392 | 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 1370618. 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.