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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crafton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 59 |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1810 AND 59 FIRE |
| 2 September 2018 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHERRY FIRE |
| 6 August 2017 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OGLE RANCH FIRE |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HART FIRE |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GATE |
| 13 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NASH FIRE |
| 30 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HICKS RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Cundiff | $9,000 | Emergency manager reported 2 inch hail northeast of Jacksboro. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cundiff | $5,000 | A large car trailer was blown over by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Cundiff | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cundiff | - | Emergency management reported a downed tree on Coca Cola Ranch Road northeast of Jacksboro. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cundiff | - | Tree damage was reported near the intersection of FM 1810 and Grace Ranch Rd. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cundiff | - | A large tree was blown over onto FM 1810 one mile east of Hwy 59 near Cundiff. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cundiff | - | Fire and rescue reported wind gusts at 60 MPH in the city of Cundiff, TX. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Cundiff | - | Quarter size hail reported near Cundiff. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cundiff | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cundiff | - | Amateur radio reported trees blown down approximately 2 miles southwest of Cundiff, TX. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Cundiff | - | Flooding was occurring in the Cundiff area. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cundiff | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cundiff | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cundiff | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cundiff | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Cundiff | - | 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.
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.




