Allison, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wheeler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79003. The Survey maps it on the Allison quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,589 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Allison quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Allison between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,709 acres in total. 21 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 | 23 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAYSON ESTATE |
| 17 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JR. COULTER |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRITT RANCH |
| 1 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARY HALL |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARCUM |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KIKER FIRE |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DESTRA COULTER |
| 27 August 2014 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TROY JONES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allison in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 25 hail, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Tornado (F4) | Allison | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | $29,000 | A tree was reportedly blown over onto a cafe and the windows were broken along with roof damage. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | $12,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down along with three barns blown over. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Allison | $5,000 | Line of severe thunderstorms created strong outflow winds, hail up to golf ball-size and a tornado that damaged a grain elevator and wrapped a trampolin around a tree. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Allison | - | Quarter size hail was reported 6 miles southwest of Allison. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Allison | - | Quarter size hail fell near Allison. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Allison | - | A series of thunderstorm lines moved across the southern Texas Panhandle from the evening hours of the 27th through the early morning hours of the 28th. These thunderstorms were able to tap into a highly moist atmosphere to produce periods of heavy rain. This heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of Wheeler County. The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office reported flash flooding on U.S. Highway 83 north of the town of Wheeler (Wheeler County). Also the KVII Schoolnet site at Begert Ranch (Wheeler County) recorded a storm total accumulation of 3.92 inches. Flash flooding persisted for an hour after precipitation had ended across the county before diminishing a little before 5 AM CST. No stranded motorists or swift water rescues were reported in association to this flash flooding. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalling cold front during the evening hours of the 8th. This cluster of thunderstorms moved to the south across the Texas Panhandle. A Wheeler County Sheriff's Deputy reported a 60 mph downburst 10 miles east of Briscoe (Wheeler County). The storm that produced this hail continued moving to the south across the county after producing this hail. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Allison | - | The public reported that the hail started off as golf ball size and...within a few minutes...decreased to marble size. The hail report was actually one half mile north of Allison and then three miles to the east on County Road EE. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported that tree limbs were blown down that were three to four inches in diameter and were four to five feet long. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | Line of severe thunderstorms created strong outflow winds, hail up to golf ball-size and a tornado that damaged a grain elevator and wrapped a trampolin around a tree. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briscoe | 10.1 miles | 5 | |
| Gageby | 12.7 miles | 5 | |
| Kelton | 14.2 miles | 5 | |
| Wheeler | 14.3 miles | 6 | |
| New Mobeetie | 18.8 miles | 5 | |
| Mobeetie | 19.2 miles | 5 | |
| Twitty | 21.4 miles | 6 | |
| Magic City | 22.6 miles | 6 |
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 Allison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475562 | 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 1351027. 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.



