Cuthbert, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Westbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79512. The Survey maps it on the Cuthbert quadrangle. It stands 2,251 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1952 USGS Cuthbert quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cuthbert between 2006 and 2018, burning about 555 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRAIN |
| 18 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS |
| 1 August 2008 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuthbert in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuthbert | $13,000 | A thunderstorm moved across Mitchell County and produced wind damage near Cuthbert. A barn was blown down from the thunderstorm winds. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuthbert | $7,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a barn, split a Chinaberry tree, and blew down power lines. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuthbert | $5,000 | Emergency management reports a hitched trailer overturned on a property. Wind gust speed and property damage costs are estimations. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | A thunderstorm moved across Mitchell County and produced quarter sized hail and 60 mph winds three miles northwest of Cuthbert. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuthbert | - | A thunderstorm moved across Mitchell County and produced a 70 mph wind gust two miles northwest of Cuthbert. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | Baseball to softball size hail fell in a swath along Farm to Market Road 670 from Cuthbert to just south of Westbrook. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | Baseball to softball size hail fell in a swath along Farm to Market Road 670 from Cuthbert to just south of Westbrook. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuthbert | - | A storm chaser reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 63 miles per hour in Cuthbert late on the evening of the first. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Cuthbert | - | Brief tornado touchdown. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Cuthbert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Buford | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Colorado City | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Iatan | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Valley View | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Spade | 16.3 miles | 10 | |
| Loraine | 17.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lowe | 22.2 miles | 8 |
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 Cuthbert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461245 | 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 1378196. 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.



