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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.

Allison within Wheeler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

70 since 2005

Regional 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 use23
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAYSON ESTATE
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJR. COULTER
15 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRITT RANCH
1 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARY HALL
7 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARCUM
6 August 2011Natural17 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKIKER FIRE
3 August 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDESTRA COULTER
27 August 2014Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROY JONES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wheeler County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Tornado (F4)Allison$2,000,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAllison$29,000A tree was reportedly blown over onto a cafe and the windows were broken along with roof damage.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindAllison$12,000Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down along with three barns blown over.
May 1993Tornado (F1)Allison$5,000Line 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 2016HailAllison-Quarter size hail was reported 6 miles southwest of Allison.
May 2016HailAllison-Quarter size hail fell near Allison.
September 2013Flash FloodAllison-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 2013Thunderstorm WindAllison-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 2008HailAllison-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 2008Thunderstorm WindAllison-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 1993Thunderstorm WindAllison-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 2018HailAllison-no account filed
May 2018HailAllison-no account filed
May 2017HailAllison-no account filed
April 2012HailAllison-no account filed
April 2009HailAllison-no account filed
April 2009HailAllison-no account filed
May 2008HailAllison-no account filed
May 2008HailAllison-no account filed
May 2008HailAllison-no account filed
May 2008HailAllison-no account filed
June 2008HailAllison-no account filed
September 2008HailAllison-no account filed
May 2006HailAllison-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAllison-no account filed
August 2005HailAllison-no account filed
July 2003HailAllison-no account filed
April 2003HailAllison-no account filed
June 2001HailAllison-no account filed
May 2001HailAllison-no account filed
May 2001HailAllison-no account filed
September 1999HailAllison-no account filed
April 1999HailAllison-no account filed
May 1996HailAllison-no account filed
September 1994Thunderstorm WindAllison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wheeler 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
Briscoe10.1 miles5
Gageby12.7 miles5
Kelton14.2 miles5
Wheeler14.3 miles6
New Mobeetie18.8 miles5
Mobeetie19.2 miles5
Twitty21.4 miles6
Magic City22.6 miles6

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 AllisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475562The 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.