Dougherty, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Floydada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79231. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty quadrangle. It stands 3,077 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Dougherty quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Dougherty between 2006 and 2017, burning about 42,642 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLOYD COUNTY ASSIST |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | 27 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2011 | Smoking | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POTTS |
| 31 July 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 June 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | V CAMPBELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dougherty in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 20 hail, 8 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2004 | Hail | Dougherty | $100,000 | Large hail damaged automobiles and broke out windows from several homes. Thousands of acres of cotton were destroyed. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Dougherty | $25,000 | The Floyd County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dougherty | $15,000 | Strong wind removed numerous shingles from one roof and caused extensive damage to another. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dougherty | $3,000 | Strong wind snapped several power poles. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Dougherty | - | Numerous storm chasers documented a tornado over open land approximately three miles west of Dougherty. An NWS storm survey in the vicinity did not find any definitive indications of damage. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dougherty | - | A storm chaser reported quarter size hail near the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 28 and 1958. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Dougherty | - | Local broadcast media relayed a picture of two inch diameter hail along US Highway 62/70 near Dougherty. No damage was reported. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EFU) | Dougherty | - | A storm chaser reported a brief tornado wrapped in rain crossing County Road 28. No damage was reported. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Dougherty | - | Several storm spotters and storm chasers observed a landspout tornado with a visible funnel cloud for about five minutes. This landspout moved slowly southward north of US Highway 62/70 and was visible as far away as the Hale County Airport in Plainview. Fortunately, this landspout caused no damage as it tracked over open land. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Dougherty | - | Several storm chasers photographed a large tornado in extreme eastern Floyd County around 18:00 CST. The tornado remained in desolate range land just above the Caprock Escarpment and southeast of Farm to Market Road 97, immediately west of the Floyd and Motley County line. Video provided by storm chasers suggest that the tornado moved east-southeastward for approximately five minutes before roping out and dissipating. Local authorities reported no damage in the area. A National Weather Service post-storm survey revealed that this large and potentially significant tornado struck inaccessible areas void of roads. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Dougherty | - | The broadcast media relayed photographs of a tornado in extreme eastern Floyd County around 17:00 CST on the 24th. Radar observations suggest that the tornado occurred beneath newly developed convection along two colliding outflow boundaries north of U.S. Highway 62/70. The tornado and its parent thunderstorm visually appeared to be more organized than the earlier event in Hale County and may have grown upscale to obtain a weak mesocyclone. Hints of broad shear are evident in Doppler radar analysis. Local officials received no reports of damage in the mostly rural area near the Floyd and Motley County line. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Dougherty | - | A severe storm embedded within a lingering convective complex produced large hail that destroyed up to 700 acres of cotton north of Dougherty. Farmers reported localized rainfall totals that approached five inches, however, no reports of flash flooding were received. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Dougherty | - | Large hail ranging in size from quarters to golfballs was reported in Dougherty. No damage was reported. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Dougherty | - | Hail covering the ground mostly the size of peas with a few nickel sized hail stones at the Dougherty Cotton Gin. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Dougherty | - | An amateur radio storm spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown over open country. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Dougherty | - | Storm spotters affiliated with the Floydada FD reported golfball size hail. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Dougherty | - | An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported a tornado west of town. The tornado remained over open country. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dougherty | - | A storm chaser reported golfball size hail. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Dougherty | - | A (landspout) tornado was reported over open country by fire department storm spotters. The tornado was nearly stationary. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Dougherty | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Dougherty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boothe | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Lakeview | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Floydada | 13.6 miles | 8 | |
| Plains Assembly | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Hill | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Muncy | 18.3 miles | 7 | |
| McCoy | 19.3 miles | 7 | |
| Johnfarris | 20.3 miles | 7 |
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 Dougherty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5301102 | 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 1356209. 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.


