BlockArlie, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Childress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79201. The Survey maps it on the Arlie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Loco quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Arlie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Arlie between 2007 and 2008, burning about 235 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 November 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlie in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlie | $50,000 | A small severe storm damaged 13 utility poles along a stretch of US Highway 62 in extreme northeast Childress County. One of these poles fell and damaged a truck that had stopped off the road to let the storm pass. The driver was not injured. The highway was closed for just over one hour until crews could clear live wires and poles from the road. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlie | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Arlie | - | A report from the public was received of hail up to two inches in size in rural northeastern Childress County. No damage was reported. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlie | - | An isolated thunderstorm produced extensive wind damage in rural northeastern Childress County near the intersection of US Highway 62 and Farm to Market Road 1642. Several power poles were snapped and a center pivot irrigation system was overturned. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlie | - | An NWS cooperative weather observer located near the intersection of US Highway 62 and County Road 22 reported extensive damage around the area. A feed trough was knocked over along with several windows broken on the north facing portion of buildings. A nearby Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet reported a wind gust to 65 mph. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Arlie | - | A trained weather spotter estimated quarter size hail along US Highway 62 in northeastern Childress County. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Arlie | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail along US Highway 62 in far northeastern Childress County. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlie | - | An NWS COOP observer located 20 miles NNE of Childress estimated wind gusts as high as 60 mph. |
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 1379361. 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.