Concho, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eola-Paint Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76866. It stands on Amos Creek. The Survey maps it on the Concho quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1925 USGS Ballinger 3-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Paint Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Concho quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Concho between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,194 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANK ROAD FIRE |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKE IVIE |
| 25 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FUZZY CREEK FIRE |
| 18 August 2010 | Natural | 750 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONCHO RIVER RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concho in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Concho | - | Public reported grapefruit size hail at the Concho Marina Park. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Concho | - | A trained spotter reported baseball size hail at Lake O.H. Ivie. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Concho | - | Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Concho | - | A trained spotter reported 3.5 inch diameter hail. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Concho | - | The tornado damaged electrical transmission lines on several|metal truss towers. One of the metal truss towers collapsed due|to the tornado increasing in intensity to an EF2. The path length |and width of the tornado was based on radar and photos of the|damage. The estimated peak wind of the tornado was 130 mph. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Concho | - | A County Official reported Farm to Market Road 1929 is closed at Fuzzy Creek due to flooding. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Concho | - | The pong ball size hail was reported at OH Ivie Lake. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concho | - | A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust at near 60 mph. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Concho | - | Nickel to baseball size hail was reported near the Rural Road 1929 bridge. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Concho | - | A rain wrapped tornado was reported approximately 5 miles east northeast of Paint Rock on Farm to Market Road 1929. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Concho | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Concho | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Concho | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Concho | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Rock | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Millersview | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lowake | 14.2 miles | 15 | |
| Henderson Chapel | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Eola | 17.5 miles | 11 | |
| Vick | 20.1 miles | 11 | |
| Eden | 22.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pasche | 23.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379582. 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.





