BlockWebb, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Laredo North-Webb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78045. The Survey maps it on the Callaghan Ranch South quadrangle. It stands 711 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Webb quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Callaghan Ranch South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Webb in 2017, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 83 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webb in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Webb | $5,000 | A motorist was stranded near Las Tiendas Road in rising water up to the roof top of the vehicle near a normally dry creek in western Webb County. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Webb | - | Video of hail up to a quarter size at mile 13. |
| May 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Webb | - | Spotter reported a funnel cloud to the west of Interstate 35 at mile marker 18. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Webb | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Webb | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Points Colonia | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Los Veteranos 83 Colonia | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sunset Acres Colonia | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Botines | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Callaghan | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cactus | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Los Huisaches Number 2 Colonia | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Los Huisaches Colonia | 8.4 miles | 8 |
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 Webb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7978635 | 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 1379247. 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.