BlockVerhalen, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Balmorhea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79772. The Survey maps it on the Verhalen North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1921 USGS Toyah quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Saragosa quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Verhalen North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Verhalen: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoban Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verhalen in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verhalen | $60,000 | The Texas Department of Public Safety closed Texas Highway 17 at Verhalen after 15 power poles were toppled onto the highway by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verhalen | $40,000 | An estimated 20 to 30 power poles were knocked down or damaged along SH 17. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Verhalen | $24,000 | A spotter report from a NWS employee and a damage survey both determined that at approximately 1756 CST, a tornado developed about 11 miles southeast of Verhalen, TX. It then moved southeastward damaging a total of 12 powers poles. All but two of these poles were broken into 3 or 4 pieces each. The broken poles were indicative of EF-2 type damage. At 1802 CST, a Pecos County Sherriffs Deputy took a photo of the tornado near the Pecos and Reeves County line. Finally, at 1806 CST the NWS employee captured the tornado in its dissipating stage. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verhalen | $18,000 | Several power poles were knocked down/snapped by the wind gust. The time of this report was estimated according to radar data. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Verhalen | - | County Road 310 was closed from Highway 17 due to flash flooding. The total time of occurrence was estimated from radar. No damage was reported. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Verhalen | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported by the public in Verhalen. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Verhalen | - | A Department of Public Safety trooper observed the tornado "touch down and then go right back up". |
| July 2004 | Hail | Verhalen | - | Multiple reports of nickel size hail were received from the vicinity of Verhalen. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Verhalen | - | A thunderstorm increased to severe intensity on the north side of a short line of storms over central Reeves County during the late evening of the 14th. This storm was associated with a book-end vortex on the north end of the line. A TV meteorologist relayed a report from a viewer of nickel size hail on State Route 17 as the most intense part of the storm crossed the highway. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Verhalen | - | Reports by public and USDA officials. Tornado reported by public near Lake Balmorhea. Golf ball-size hail fell along U.S. Highway 285 and nickel-size hail fell along State Highway 17. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Verhalen | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Verhalen | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Verhalen | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Verhalen | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Verhalen | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verhalen | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Verhalen | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Verhalen | - | 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 Q122565675 | 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 1380717. 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.
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.