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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.

Acampo within Shackelford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 2005

Regional 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 use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1,640 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAVIS-HAYNES FIRE
17 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9 MILE HILL BAR-DITCH FIRE
16 August 2020Natural21 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEWELL
15 August 2020Natural685 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHIMNEY
13 August 2012Natural542 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAVIS & HAYNES RANCH FIRE
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUCKNELL FIRE
27 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEWELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shackelford County

Storms near this place

18 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2020Tornado (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 2016Thunderstorm WindAcampo-The public reported large tree branches blown down in Lueders and at the Big Country Baptist Assembly. Also, dime size hail was reported.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindAcampo-A storm chaser reported a wind gust of 75 mph about 12 miles southwest of Albany.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindAcampo-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 2015Thunderstorm WindAcampo-The public estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAcampo-Law enforcement officials reported this strong thunderstorm wind.
May 2011HailAcampo-This report was relayed to the National Weather Service by the Abilene Police Department.
April 2008HailAcampo-Baseball size hail was reported near the intersection of Highways 351 and 604.
May 2007Tornado (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 2007Flash FloodAcampo-Farm Road 604 had about two feet of water over the road, south of Highway 351.
May 2017HailAcampo-no account filed
April 2015HailAcampo-no account filed
April 2015Funnel CloudAcampo-no account filed
May 2015HailAcampo-no account filed
April 2015HailAcampo-no account filed
April 2015HailAcampo-no account filed
June 2007HailAcampo-no account filed
April 2007HailAcampo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shackelford County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Albany7.8 miles11
Sedwick14.8 miles11
Berryhill15.7 miles11
Moran18.6 miles11
Fort Griffin18.9 miles12
Eureka22.4 miles11

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.