Conlen, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Dalhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Conlen quadrangle. 69 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 3,819 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Conlen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Conlen between 2007 and 2018, burning about 234 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 EAST OF CONLEN |
| 22 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONLEN |
| 23 August 2010 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORBITT RD |
| 15 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 56 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALLEN HORN PLACE |
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 54 & CONLEN AREA |
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORBITT & 54 |
| 1 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKHILL RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conlen in 28 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 19 hail, 6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Conlen | $25,000 | The tornado remained over open country. No injuries were reported. The tornado did knock down about twenty power poles near U.S. Highway 54. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Conlen | $15,000 | The tornado remained over open country. No injuries were reported. The tornado did knock down about ten power poles near U.S. Highway 54. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Conlen | $1,000 | Wind driven hail caused extensive damage to house and trees. All windows on north side of house were blown out. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Conlen | - | The tornado was documented via pictures and video by multiple|storm chasers, including NWS employees. It appeared weak, but|remained in open country grasslands and encountered no damage|indicators. The path information was estimated based on reports|and radar signatures. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Conlen | - | The tornado was documented via pictures and video by multiple|storm chasers, including NWS employees, and was also witnessed by|an Emergency Manager. It remained in open country grassland and|encountered no damage indicators. Path was estimated based on|reports and radar signatures. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Conlen | - | The tornado was documented via pictures and video by multiple|storm chasers, including NWS employees. It appeared weak, but|remained in open country grassland and encountered no damage|indicators. Path was estimated based on reports and radar|signatures. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Conlen | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Conlen | - | Report with a picture of rural flooding just north of Conlen was submitted to the NWS Amarillo. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conlen | - | Late report of half dollar size hail along U.S. Highway 54 near Conlen. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Conlen | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported in Conlen. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Conlen | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported at Conlen Airport. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conlen | - | A wind gust of 65 mph was reported at the Conlen airport along the leading edge of a thunderstorm. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Conlen | - | The tornado touched down eight miles west of Conlen at 2030 CST and remained over open country. The tornado was on the ground for about four miles with a maximum path width of twenty-five yards. The tornado dissipated at 2042 CST. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Conlen | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conlen | - | 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 Conlen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24260817 | 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 1379585. 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.



