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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.

Concho within Concho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

35 since 2005

Regional 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 use12
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
16 September 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFRANK ROAD FIRE
4 August 2005Natural65 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2008Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2006Debris and open burning80 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2006Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE IVIE
25 August 2006Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFUZZY CREEK FIRE
18 August 2010Natural750 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONCHO RIVER RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Concho County

Storms near this place

14 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailConcho-Public reported grapefruit size hail at the Concho Marina Park.
May 2024HailConcho-A trained spotter reported baseball size hail at Lake O.H. Ivie.
May 2024HailConcho-Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail.
May 2024HailConcho-A trained spotter reported 3.5 inch diameter hail.
May 2024Tornado (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 2024Flash FloodConcho-A County Official reported Farm to Market Road 1929 is closed at Fuzzy Creek due to flooding.
April 2023HailConcho-The pong ball size hail was reported at OH Ivie Lake.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindConcho-A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust at near 60 mph.
May 2012HailConcho-Nickel to baseball size hail was reported near the Rural Road 1929 bridge.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Concho-A rain wrapped tornado was reported approximately 5 miles east northeast of Paint Rock on Farm to Market Road 1929.
April 2026HailConcho-no account filed
June 2014HailConcho-no account filed
March 2008HailConcho-no account filed
March 2007HailConcho-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Concho 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
Paint Rock6.1 miles14
Millersview9.3 miles12
Lowake14.2 miles15
Henderson Chapel15.4 miles11
Eola17.5 miles11
Vick20.1 miles11
Eden22.2 miles11
Pasche23.1 miles12

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.