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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Coleman NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 336 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EISENHOWER |
| 19 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | 297 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ECHO FIRE |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | 750 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING PLAINS - 21 |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COW CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Hail | Echo | - | A member of the public reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Echo | - | Tennis ball size hail was reported by a storm chaser. Also, a windshield was broken by the large hail. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Echo | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down several power poles and power lines, blocking Texas State Highway 206 between Burkett and Coleman. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Echo | - | A storm chaser reported a wind gust of 60 mph about 7 miles northwest of Echo. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Echo | - | Law Enforcement estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph just east of Echo. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Echo | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported numerous downed large tree limbs. The observer also reported downed telephone poles and power lines. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Echo | - | Golf ball size hail was reported at the intersection of Texas Highway 206 and FM 1176. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Echo | - | Golf ball size hail broke some of the windows at a residence. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Echo | - | Highway 206 in northeast Coleman County was flooded. Additional county roads were flooded including 1147 and 1026. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Echo | - | Flooded low water crossings. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Echo | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Echo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkett | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Webbville | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Coleman | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hamrick | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| San Angelo Junction | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Buffalo | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Valley | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Santa Anna | 12.8 miles | 13 |
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 Echo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q126935997 | 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 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.




