Acampo, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. The Survey maps it on the Acampo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Acampo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Acampo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 8,578 acres in total. 4 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,640 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS-HAYNES FIRE |
| 17 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9 MILE HILL BAR-DITCH FIRE |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEWELL |
| 15 August 2020 | Natural | 685 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHIMNEY |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 542 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS & HAYNES RANCH FIRE |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUCKNELL FIRE |
| 27 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEWELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acampo in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 9 hail, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Acampo | - | This tornado began just inside Jones County northeast of Abilene and crossed into southwest Shackelford County. There was a report of debris deposited along the Jones and Shackelford County lines. Radar also showed a debris ball signature in this area. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acampo | - | The public reported large tree branches blown down in Lueders and at the Big Country Baptist Assembly. Also, dime size hail was reported. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acampo | - | A storm chaser reported a wind gust of 75 mph about 12 miles southwest of Albany. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acampo | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds blew a mesquite tree limb onto a sheriff patrol car's windshield located near the intersection of Texas Highways 351 and 6 or directly west of Albany. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acampo | - | The public estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acampo | - | Law enforcement officials reported this strong thunderstorm wind. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Acampo | - | This report was relayed to the National Weather Service by the Abilene Police Department. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Acampo | - | Baseball size hail was reported near the intersection of Highways 351 and 604. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Acampo | - | A trained spotter reported and photgraphed a well developed cone tornado in rural northwest Shakelford County. The tornado remaind on the ground for several minutes over open range land. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Acampo | - | Farm Road 604 had about two feet of water over the road, south of Highway 351. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Acampo | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Acampo | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Acampo | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Acampo | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Acampo | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Acampo | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Acampo | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Acampo | - | 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 1377916. 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.





