Charlie, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Byers-Petrolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76305. The Survey maps it on the Charlie quadrangle. It stands 288 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Randlett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Charlie quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burkburnett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Charlie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Charlie between 2005 and 2020, burning about 916 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 307LINVILLERD |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9212020 |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHITWOOD FIRE C/T |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHAFFNER FIRE |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM171VALENTINERDGRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Charlie: 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton County Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| Castles Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jacobson Materials Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Benson Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | 1891 | |
| Brannon-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1861 | |
| Taylor South-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1913 | |
| Taylor Southeast-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1852 |
Storms near this place
29 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charlie in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Charlie | $150,000 | A damage survey conducted by a National Weather Service meteorologist revealed a 6.5 mile tornado track across northern Clay County. The tornado began around 20:50 CST about 6 miles southwest of Charlie, TX, moved northeast, and lifted about 2 miles north of Charlie. Downed power poles and several trees on Ratt Road marked the beginning of the damage, with increasing damage through a pecan grove along Highway 171. Damage to a barn and over 1000 trees in the grove was rated at F1. Farther northeast along the track of the tornado, two homes and at least 3 barns/garages also sustained F1 damage along Linville and T-Bone Roads. The roof of a house on T-Bone Road was completely blown off, probably because the garage door had been left open. The heaviest damage from this tornado was along a three mile path from the pecan grove on Highway 171 to the houses on Linville and T-Bone Roads. Path width ranged from 50 to 100 yards. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlie | $55,000 | no account filed |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlie | $50,000 | Significant wind damage occurred in Thornberry. Large overhead doors were blown into a barn. A cattle barn which was open on the south side was blown away, tearing welds from metal poles cemented into the ground. Cemented poles on the south side of the barn were also pulled out of the ground. Another barn had its metal roof blown off. Power lines were down across FM-171. A door was blown off a mobile home, highway signs were blown down, and trees and large limbs were downed. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlie | $6,000 | Four 8-inch diameter pecan trees blown over. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Charlie | $2,000 | Numerous storm chasers observed this tornado develop in northwest Clay County and move slowly east-southeast. Utility poles were damaged as the tornado crossed Farm to Market Road 1740. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlie | $2,000 | A storage shed was damaged, and power lines were downed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlie | $1,500 | A wooden utility pole was blown down near the intersection of FM 171 and Linville Road. Monetary damage were estimated. |
| October 2025 | Hail | Charlie | - | The report was relayed through Spotter Network. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlie | - | Estimated severe wind gust. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Charlie | - | No damage reported. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Charlie | - | No damage was reported. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Charlie | - | Hail covered the ground at this location. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Charlie | - | The hail was reported 1 mile south of Thornberry. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Charlie | - | A severe thunderstorm in Clay County produced three-quarter-inch hail in Charlie. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Charlie | - | Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms developed in western portions of north Texas during the afternoon hours on the 29th and moved eastward into north-central Texas during the evening hours. One weak tornado occurred in the western portion of North Texas with this outbreak of severe weather. The tornado briefly touched down in an open field east of Truscott. Strong winds knocked down five telephone poles 8 miles west of Burkburnett. Strong winds also overturned a mobile home, blew down a telephone pole and destroyed two awnings in Burkburnett. Large hail and strong winds broke out store windows and numerous automobile windshields. Hail driven by the strong winds went through sides of several mobile homes. Strong winds blew down two hi-line poles 5 miles east of Harrold. Larger than baseball-size hail fell at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls while baseball-size hail in Crowell broke out many west facing windows. Large hail knocked out the windshield of a troopers vehicle just north of Iowa Park.Flash flooding was also reported. Travel was reduced to one lane due to high water across Farm Road 368, 3 miles west of Iowa Park. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Charlie | - | Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms developed in western portions of north Texas during the afternoon hours on the 29th and moved eastward into north-central Texas during the evening hours. One weak tornado occurred in the western portion of North Texas with this outbreak of severe weather. The tornado briefly touched down in an open field east of Truscott. Strong winds knocked down five telephone poles 8 miles west of Burkburnett. Strong winds also overturned a mobile home, blew down a telephone pole and destroyed two awnings in Burkburnett. Large hail and strong winds broke out store windows and numerous automobile windshields. Hail driven by the strong winds went through sides of several mobile homes. Strong winds blew down two hi-line poles 5 miles east of Harrold. Larger than baseball-size hail fell at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls while baseball-size hail in Crowell broke out many west facing windows. Large hail knocked out the windshield of a troopers vehicle just north of Iowa Park.Flash flooding was also reported. Travel was reduced to one lane due to high water across Farm Road 368, 3 miles west of Iowa Park. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Charlie | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Charlie | - | 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.
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 Charlie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16890164 | 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 1379535. 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.




