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Cundiff, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Jacksboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76458. The Survey maps it on the Crafton quadrangle.

Cundiff within Jack County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

21 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Cundiff between 2005 and 2018, burning about 450 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service59
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1810 AND 59 FIRE
2 September 2018Natural6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHERRY FIRE
6 August 2017Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOGLE RANCH FIRE
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHART FIRE
2 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGATE
13 August 2012Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNASH FIRE
30 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHICKS RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jack County

Storms near this place

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cundiff in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
April 2026HailCundiff$9,000Emergency manager reported 2 inch hail northeast of Jacksboro.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindCundiff$5,000A large car trailer was blown over by thunderstorm winds.
April 2013HailCundiff$2,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCundiff-Emergency management reported a downed tree on Coca Cola Ranch Road northeast of Jacksboro.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCundiff-Tree damage was reported near the intersection of FM 1810 and Grace Ranch Rd.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Cundiff-The fourth tornado which began in Jack County, formed over the extreme northeast portion of the county, near Cundiff Crafton Road and the Wise/Jack County line. The tornado moved northeast, producing scattered tree damage, before crossing the Jack/Wise County line and dissipating in the vicinity of the Crafton community in far NW Wise County. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum winds of 75 mph.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCundiff-A large tree was blown over onto FM 1810 one mile east of Hwy 59 near Cundiff.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindCundiff-Fire and rescue reported wind gusts at 60 MPH in the city of Cundiff, TX.
May 2018HailCundiff-Quarter size hail reported near Cundiff.
May 2015HailCundiff-A public report of golf ball sized hail was received from the general public at 617 PM just west of the town of Cundiff, TX.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCundiff-Amateur radio reported trees blown down approximately 2 miles southwest of Cundiff, TX.
June 2004Flash FloodCundiff-Flooding was occurring in the Cundiff area.
June 2004HailCundiff-no account filed
April 2003HailCundiff-no account filed
December 1999Thunderstorm WindCundiff-no account filed
April 1994HailCundiff-no account filed
June 1994HailCundiff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jack 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
Maryetta4.3 miles7
Truce6.9 miles7
Wizard Wells8.2 miles8
Vineyard10.4 miles8
Jacksboro10.9 miles9
Postoak12.3 miles8
Joplin15.4 miles8
Oakland17.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1355472. 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.