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Echo, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Coleman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76834. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coleman NE quadrangle.

Echo within Coleman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

33 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Echo between 2005 and 2019, burning about 5,693 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined336 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEISENHOWER
19 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIAMS
3 August 2008Natural25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2006Natural297 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceECHO FIRE
23 August 2006Natural750 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2005Natural125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROLLING PLAINS - 21
12 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,000 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOW CREEK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coleman County

Storms near this place

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Echo in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2021HailEcho-A member of the public reported nickel to quarter size hail.
May 2017HailEcho-Tennis ball size hail was reported by a storm chaser. Also, a windshield was broken by the large hail.
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Echo-Hardwood tree damage was the primary damage indicator used in the survey. A few hardwood trees were snapped at the trunk approximately 1 mile west southwest of Burkett, indicating max wind speeds of 90-95 mph. Most of the damage was EF0 as the tornado damaged many large tree limbs. A few outbuildings were completely destroyed at the beginning of the damage path. A community center Burkett had damage to its roof.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEcho-Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down several power poles and power lines, blocking Texas State Highway 206 between Burkett and Coleman.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEcho-A storm chaser reported a wind gust of 60 mph about 7 miles northwest of Echo.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindEcho-Law Enforcement estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph just east of Echo.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindEcho-A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported numerous downed large tree limbs. The observer also reported downed telephone poles and power lines.
May 2013HailEcho-Golf ball size hail was reported at the intersection of Texas Highway 206 and FM 1176.
May 2011HailEcho-Golf ball size hail broke some of the windows at a residence.
March 2007Flash FloodEcho-Highway 206 in northeast Coleman County was flooded. Additional county roads were flooded including 1147 and 1026.
June 2003Flash FloodEcho-Flooded low water crossings.
May 2023HailEcho-no account filed
June 2019HailEcho-no account filed
June 2019HailEcho-no account filed
April 2015HailEcho-no account filed
May 2011HailEcho-no account filed
May 2011HailEcho-no account filed
June 2005HailEcho-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindEcho-no account filed
May 1999HailEcho-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coleman 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
Burkett6.8 miles15
Webbville7.4 miles9
Coleman9.0 miles13
Hamrick9.9 miles13
San Angelo Junction10.8 miles13
Buffalo11.1 miles15
Silver Valley12.3 miles12
Santa Anna12.8 miles13

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 EchoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q126935997The 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 1380845. 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.