Carlisle, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lubbock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79416. The Survey maps it on the Lubbock West quadrangle.

Carlisle within Lubbock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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.

1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Lubbock West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

214 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Carlisle between 2006 and 2020, burning about 674 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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	97
Debris and open burning	50
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Railroad operations and maintenance	14
Smoking	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Other causes	1
Fireworks	1
Natural	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2010	Natural	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2010-75
7 September 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2015-106
3 September 2012	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2012-87
20 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
2 September 2015	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2015-102
16 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2011-102
5 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2016-89
29 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	9300 19TH STREET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lubbock County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlisle in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 2016	Flash Flood	Carlisle	$5,000,000	Law enforcement reported significant flooding of streets and roads in west and southwest Lubbock - many of which had swiftly flowing water of a foot or more over them. Several playa lakes overflowed their banks and inundated homes, vehicles, and businesses. No injuries were reported, however some motorists required rescuing from water depths as great as five feet deep. Some streets and roads were closed for 18 hours due to standing water.
April 2010	Heavy Rain	West Carlisle	$150,000	Heavy rainfall began over much of west Texas during the early morning hours of the 15th. By the time rainfall subsided early on the 17th, a 48-hour record total of 4.02 inches of rain had officially fallen at Lubbock's Preston Smith International Airport, with 5.32 inches at Slaton. The record rainfall contributed to the collapse of a business near the intersection of 13th Street and University Avenue around 12:30 CST on the 16th, when rain water accumulated on the structure's flat-roof. No injuries were reported.
September 2019	Flood	West Carlisle	$10,000	Heavy rain due to thunderstorms caused significant runoff in the city of Lubbock. Minor street flooding was observed near Texas Tech University. The Lubbock Fire Department reported a water rescue in a playa lake near the intersection of 77th street and Interstate 27.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Carlisle	$800	A large apple tree was toppled which heavily damaged a fence. Dime size hail also occurred in addition to one inch of rain.
June 2025	Hail	Carlisle	-	Several Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet sites across the city of Lubbock measured severe wind gusts. A peak wind gust of 71 mph was measured at 1916 CST. A supercell thunderstorm with a history of producing numerous tornadoes ripped through the city of Lubbock causing an enormous amount of damage to homes and businesses across western and southwestern portions of the city of Lubbock. A swath of thunderstorm outflow winds and hail up to tennis ball size swept across the city. An NWS storm survey revealed roof and tree damage maximized along and north of Texas State Highway 114 consistent with maximum winds up to 115 mph. Broken windows, skylights, and additional tree and roof damage was reported as far south as Wolfforth and east into central Lubbock. Most hail reports across the southwestern portion of the city of Lubbock were between half dollar and golf ball size. However, wind gusts between 70 and 80 mph allowed this hail to become wind driven and cause extensive damage.
November 2024	Flash Flood	Carlisle	-	A slow moving line of thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall over Lubbock County which caused flash flooding over the city of Lubbock. Numerous reports were received of water over area roadways. Additionally, law enforcement reported a vehicle submerged under water under the overpass of 19th street and Interstate-27.
May 2022	Hail	West Carlisle	-	A member of the public sent a picture of quarter size hail at the intersection of Erskine Street and Dover Avenue in Lubbock.
May 2019	Hail	Carlisle	-	On the heels of the earlier hail, a second hailstorm affected much of the same areas of southern Lubbock, this time with hailstones only to the size of half dollars. Damage estimates from this second hailstorm were impossible to estimate given the earlier damage.
May 2019	Hail	Carlisle	-	Several reports of penny size hail were received on the west side of the city of Lubbock. One report of quarter size hail was observed at 19th Street and Upland Ave.
May 2018	Hail	West Carlisle	-	Hail up to the size of ping pongs was reported on social media. No damage was reported.
May 2018	Hail	West Carlisle	-	Hail up to the size of quarters was reported near 4th Street and Milwaukee Avenue in Lubbock.
July 2017	Flood	West Carlisle	-	Moderate to heavy rain for about 20 minutes fell across west and southwest areas of Lubbock and resulted in widespread street flooding. Some intersections remained flooded the following morning with a few inches of standing water.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Carlisle	-	Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.

Every storm recorded in Lubbock 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Carlisle	0.2 miles	10
West End Place	1.4 miles	10
Reese Village	2.7 miles	9
Doud	2.7 miles	10
Hurlwood	3.2 miles	9
Broadview	4.8 miles	10
Wolfforth	5.2 miles	9
Lubbock	6.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1353819. 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.