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Enochs, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Sand Hills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79324. The Survey maps it on the Enochs quadrangle. It stands 3,789 feet above sea level.

Enochs within Bailey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

20 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Enochs between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5,166 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 August 2019Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2019098
17 August 2009Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009067
15 August 2020Natural150 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2020096
10 August 2009Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009066
25 June 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010053
10 June 2010Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010047
3 May 2006Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010039

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bailey County

Storms near this place

17 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enochs in 17 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 13 hail, 3 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2017HailEnochs$300,000Broadcast media relayed damage photos of a significant hailstorm that struck the community of Bula. Wind-driven hail as large as baseballs pummeled crops and caused extensive damage to siding, windows and roofs to dozens of buildings in the area.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindEnochs$25,000Multiple structures in Enochs sustained damage as a line of severe thunderstorms characterized by a bow-shaped radar signature impacted the community. At least three structures with tin roofs sustained heavy wind damage. Road signs were blown down and a number of utility lines were downed. No injuries were reported. Damage estimates totalled $25,000.
June 2025HailEnochs-Storm chasers and a hail research group reported hail along Farm to Market Road 596 south of Maple. Hail reports ranged between 2.90 inches and 3.10 inches in diameter. No damage was reported at the time.
May 2024HailEnochs-Several storm chasers reported hail along Texas State Highway 214 south of Enochs. Reported hail ranged in size from half dollar to two inches in diameter. No damage was reported.
May 2022Tornado (EF2)Enochs-A cyclic tornadic supercell produced several tornadoes over a period of approximately two hours. An NWS storm survey revealed that this supercell produced nine separate tornadoes. This tornado was the second tornado. The instantaneous width and center of the tornado was estimated from TTU-Kal radar data. Extensive photo and video evidence existed of a wide, dusty, wedge tornado with numerous sub-vortices present at times. Maximum winds were estimated at 120 mph. This is a continuation of a tornado from Cochran County.
May 2022Tornado (EFU)Enochs-A cyclic tornadic supercell produced several tornadoes over a period of approximately two hours. An NWS storm survey revealed that this supercell produced nine separate tornadoes. This tornado was the third tornado. While the larger tornado south of Enochs was occluding, a new circulation developed to the east and a brief, small tornado was reported by numerous chasers, including NWS spotters. No damage was observed or reported. The instantaneous center of the tornado was estimated from TTU-Kal radar data. This is a continuation of a tornado from Cochran County.
May 2017Tornado (EFU)Enochs-Storm chasers observed a very brief and narrow tornado over open land east of Enochs.
July 2009HailEnochs-A post storm survey by Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet meteorologists revealed that hail up to the size of nickels accompanied extreme thunderstorm winds in the Enochs vicinity. The wind-blown hail contributed to significant cotton losses.
May 2008HailEnochs-Storm chasers reported penny size hail north of Enochs along Texas Highway 214 near the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge.
June 2008HailEnochs-Local cotton gin operators reported that several hundred acres of young cotton plants were damaged by large hail south of Enochs.
June 2004HailEnochs-Bailey County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
June 2003HailEnochs-Storm spotters reported baseball size hail. At least 7500 acres of cotton were destroyed.
May 2001HailEnochs-Personnel at the Farmer's Coop Gin reported golfball size hail.
August 2005HailEnochs-no account filed
August 2005HailEnochs-no account filed
June 2003HailEnochs-no account filed
April 1999HailEnochs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bailey 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
Bula7.0 miles9
Maple7.5 miles7
Baileyboro11.1 miles8
Needmore11.1 miles8
Goodland11.5 miles7
Circleback12.1 miles8
Stegall13.8 miles9
Fairview17.5 miles9

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 EnochsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5379349The 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 1357035. 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.