BlockWilliams, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goodlett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79252. The Survey maps it on the Williams 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Goodlett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Willams quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Willams quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Williams in 2019, burning about 210 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 210 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALL RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williams in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 tornado. 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 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Williams | $75,000 | This tornado began in Hardeman County, Texas producing F2 damage before moving northeast and crossing the Red River at 1829 CST into extreme western Jackson County, Oklahoma then moving into Harmon County, Oklahoma where it dissipated. The tornado moved through a farm north of Williams, Texas causing significant damage. A hay barn, saddle shed, garage, shop, and chicken house were destroyed. The house was also damaged with broken windows, porch removed from the house, tree limbs driven through the north facing wall, and the east wall of the house separated by approximately an inch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Groesbeck | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Goodlett | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Carnes | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Talbert Crossing | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wheatland | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Acme (historical) | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Punkin Center | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Willowview | 12.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380783. 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.