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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.

Charlie within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

93 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism120 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service307LINVILLERD
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2007Debris and open burning100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9212020
21 September 2013Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHITWOOD FIRE C/T
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCHAFFNER FIRE
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM171VALENTINERDGRASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cotton County ProspectManganeseOccurrence1941
Castles Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jacobson Materials Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Benson ProspectCopperOccurrence1891
Brannon-1CopperOccurrence1861
Taylor South-1CopperOccurrence1913
Taylor Southeast-1CopperOccurrence1852

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

29 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Tornado (F1)Charlie$150,000A 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 1996Thunderstorm WindCharlie$55,000no account filed
October 2012Thunderstorm WindCharlie$50,000Significant 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 2007Thunderstorm WindCharlie$6,000Four 8-inch diameter pecan trees blown over. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2020Tornado (EF1)Charlie$2,000Numerous 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 2000Thunderstorm WindCharlie$2,000A storage shed was damaged, and power lines were downed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCharlie$1,500A wooden utility pole was blown down near the intersection of FM 171 and Linville Road. Monetary damage were estimated.
October 2025HailCharlie-The report was relayed through Spotter Network.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCharlie-Estimated severe wind gust.
May 2015HailCharlie-No damage reported.
July 2014HailCharlie-No damage was reported.
March 2013HailCharlie-Hail covered the ground at this location.
May 2012HailCharlie-The hail was reported 1 mile south of Thornberry.
April 1995HailCharlie-A severe thunderstorm in Clay County produced three-quarter-inch hail in Charlie.
March 1993HailCharlie-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 1993HailCharlie-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 2020HailCharlie-no account filed
May 2020HailCharlie-no account filed
May 2015HailCharlie-no account filed
September 2011HailCharlie-no account filed
April 2008HailCharlie-no account filed
April 2006HailCharlie-no account filed
June 2005HailCharlie-no account filed
April 2003HailCharlie-no account filed
April 2003HailCharlie-no account filed
May 2000HailCharlie-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCharlie-no account filed
April 1995HailCharlie-no account filed
March 1993HailCharlie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Thornberry4.7 miles10
Byers6.9 miles10
Petrolia7.2 miles10
Dean10.2 miles8
Hurnville12.2 miles8
Raymond15.6 miles10
Jolly16.1 miles8
Stanfield18.9 miles10

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 CharlieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16890164The 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.