BlockWake, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Crosbyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79235. The Survey maps it on the Wake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Wake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wake between 2006 and 2018, burning about 2,749 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 July 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKER CRP #2 |
| 5 July 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DARL WALKER CRP |
| 18 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM193 & HWY 28 |
| 14 June 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2006 | Natural | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 2006 | Natural | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wake in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2003: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Hail | Wake | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Wake | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1370738. 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.