BlockBushland, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Canadian River Breaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79124. The Survey maps it on the Bushland quadrangle. 2,234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,825 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Wildorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Bushland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Vega quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Bushland between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,095 acres in total. 3 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUSHLAND ROAD |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1398 |
| 9 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWO DEER |
| 7 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BALL |
| 27 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EXPERIMENT |
| 21 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2381 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1206 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bushland: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Caliche |
Storms near this place
60 of 139 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bushland in 139 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 79 hail, 46 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | $40,000 | A large metal frame building that was under construction had collapsed. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | $35,000 | Cars were reported to be blown off the road. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | $20,000 | An eighteen wheeler was reported blown over. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | $15,000 | Powerlines were reported blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | $10,000 | Law enforcement officials reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew an eighteen wheeler off the road. No injuries were reported. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Bushland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Hail | Bushland | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Bushland | - | Both directions of I-40 at Hope Road were closed due to water over the roadway. Traffic was being detoured to the frontage road. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bushland | - | Small tree limbs of about 1 to 2 inches in diameter were broken from the storm as well. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A roof was partially blown off of a business. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Bushland | - | Received a report of around 8 inches of water ponding on road along I-40 west bound near Helium Rd. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Bushland | - | Minor flooding in and around Bushland extending to 15 miles north of Bushland. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Bushland | - | Funnel cloud trying to touch the ground. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bushland | - | Report received from Twitter. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bushland | - | Emergency Manager relayed report of nickel sized hail at Bushland High School. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bushland | - | Late report of tennis ball size hail along Highway 1061 north of Bushland. Several cars had windshields busted out. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bushland | - | Report received from spotter network. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Bushland | - | Streets and roads flooded and/or closed. Vehicles stranded. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bushland | - | Late report of ping pong to golf ball size hail stones. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Bushland | - | The hail was accumulating on the ground. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | Schoolnet report. Also there were reports of tree limbs and power poles down in Bushland. |
| December 2018 | Hail | Bushland | - | Penny sized hail near i-40 and Helium Road, just west of Amarillo. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Bushland | - | The Texas department of transportation reported that eastbound Interstate 40 frontage road is closed at Helium Road due to flood damage to the roadway. The Soncy Road exit from eastbound Interstate 40 is also closed. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Bushland | - | Covered roads at 335 and SW 81st some areas around the road are under 2ft of water. Low lying areas filling up and running off onto Soncy. Emergency vehicles are blocking intersections. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bushland | - | Accumulating hail. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bushland | - | Some quarter size hail with the accumulating hail. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | Instrument was cwop mesonet. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | Estimated 60 MPH gust. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A 62 mph wind gust was measured by a KVII Schoolnet site. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bushland | - | Penny size hail was reported near Bishop Hills. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bushland | - | Golf ball size hail was reported 2 miles west of Bushland. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bushland | - | Hail up to quarter size was reported near Bishop Hills, about 6 miles northeast of Bushland. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | The KVII School Net site located at Bushland High School measured a peak wind gust of 77 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bushland | - | Penny to nickel size hail accumulated into drifts. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | In Bushland, a trampoline was blown over a basketball goal, a wooden baseball field fence was blown down and a dumpster was overturned. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | The Schoolnet site located at Oasis RV Resort measured a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | The KVII schoolnet site 3 miles east of Bushland at Oasis RV measured a wind gust of 71 mph. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | The KVII School Net site located 3 miles east of Bushland measured persistent wind gusts between 70 and 80 mph as the thunderstorm moved through. A peak wind of 93 mph was measured at 6:35 PM CDT. This instrument has a history of exaggerated wind gusts and the true value was probably around 85 mph based an assessment of surrounding observations, damage reports and radar data. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Bushland | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Bushland. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A wind gust of 71 mph was measured by the KVII mesonet site located 3 miles east of Bushland at Oasis RV Resort. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A wind gust of 61 mph was measured by the KVII schoolnet site at Bushland High School. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Bushland | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee found hailstones ranging from quarter to tennis ball size two miles east of Bushland on the I-40. Most of the hail stones were 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter. The largest found was 2.5 inches in diameter. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | Scattered thunderstorms developed across Potter County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached the town of Bushland (Potter County), the KVII Schoolnet site three miles east of Bushland recorded a 59 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Bushland | - | A line of thunderstorms traversed the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 13th. As this line neared the town of Bushland (Potter County), a trained storm spotter reported penny size hail (0.75 inch). This line continued moving eastward across the southern Texas Panhandle after producing this hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalled frontal boundary during the early morning hours of the 6th. These thunderstorms quickly intensified while moving to the east. As the storms moved east of Bushland (Potter County), the KVII schoolnet site 3 miles was of Bushland (Potter County) reported 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. After producing this gust the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move across the southern Texas Panhandle. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalled frontal boundary during the early morning hours of the 6th. These thunderstorms quickly intensified while moving to the east. As the storms moved east of Bushland (Potter County), the KVII schoolnet site 3 miles was of Bushland (Potter County) reported 69 mph thunderstorm wind gust. After producing this gust the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move across the southern Texas Panhandle. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A line of thunderstorms moved across the southern Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 8th. As the line neared the town of Bushland (Potter County), the local broadcast media reported an estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. After producing this gust the line continued to move east across the southern Texas Panhandle. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | As a line of thunderstorms moved into Potter County, the KVII Schoolnet site at the Oasis RV Resort reported a 60 mph wind gust. The gust was caused by the outflow from these storms and persisted for several minutes. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | The KVII Schoolnet site at the Oasis RV Resort reported a 61 mph wind gust from the out flow of thunderstorms as they moved across Potter and Randall County. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A line of thunderstorms moved over the town of Bushland. This line encountered a stronger capped environment which caused the strongest cell to collapse. The outflow from this cell collapse was measured to be 61 mph by the KVII Schoolnet site in Bushland (Potter County). No thunderstorm wind damage was reported in associated with this gust. The outflow allowed thunderstorms to continue moving to the east but no further severe reports were received. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | Thunderstorms formed along a dryline stretching east-northeastward across Randall and Potter Counties during the afternoon hours of the 28th. These thunderstorms would take a northeast track which allowed them to move over the dryline. This caused the thunderstorms to produce isolated downbursts over the city of Bushland (Potter County). The KVII Schoolnet site at the Oasis RV Resort 3 miles east of Bushland (Potter County) reported a gust of 60 mph as a thunderstorm moved over head. The thunderstorm decayed quickly after moving to the dry side of the dryline due to ingesting much drier air into the updrafts. No damage or injuries were associated with this gust. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Bushland | - | The trained spotter also confirmed the tornado reported near Bushland. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Bushland | - | A tornado survey was conducted on this tornado which occurred at 1804 CST three miles west of Bushland and just south of Interstate 40. The tornado remained over open country and no damage or injuries were reported directly from the tornado. The tornado was on the ground for approximately one mile with a maximum width of fifty yards. The tornado dissipated at approximately 1809 CST about two miles west northwest of Bushland. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A trained spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gust in Bushland Texas. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | The thunderstorm wind gust was estimated by a trained spotter and relayed through the Amarillo Emergency Operations Center. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Bushland | - | The broadcast media reported the hail at the Love's Truck Stop at Interstate 40 and Arnot Road. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Bushland | - | The Amarillo Emergency Management Office reported the hail at Interstate 40 and Arnot Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-two knots just west of Bushland. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushland | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-two knots just west of Bushland and also visibilities reduced to one hundred feet in blowing dust. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Bushland | - | The tornado touched down over open country just north of Interstate 40. The path length and path width were estimated. No damage or injuries occurred with this tornado. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soncy | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bishop Hills | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gentry | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cliffside | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Amarillo | 12.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 13.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dumas Junction | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Boden | 14.3 miles | 9 |
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 Bushland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5001525 | 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 1353409. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.