Allred, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Denver City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79323. The Survey maps it on the Higginbotham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Higginbotham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Allred between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,461 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (MUTUAL AID) |
| 8 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 May 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUCH ROAD FIRE |
| 29 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 900 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (MUTUAL AID) |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allred in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2002 | Hail | Allred | $25,000 | Large hail damaged mobile homes and cars. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allred | $4,000 | Strong wind damaged four power poles north of town. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allred | - | Wind gusts of 58 mph and 64 mph were measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station at 1950 and 1955 CST, respectively. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allred | - | Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allred | - | The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station near Denver City measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allred | - | Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station located 7WNW of Denver City at 1240 CST. This mesonet also recorded a gust to 58 mph at 1235 CST. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allred | - | The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site west of Denver City recorded severe thunderstorm gusts up to 69 mph between 17:15 and 17:25 CST. No damage was reported. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Allred | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver City | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Sligo | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Plains | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bronco | 20.8 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 Allred | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196310 | 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 1377925. 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.




