Etter, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dumas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79029. The Survey maps it on the Cactus East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cactus East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spearman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Etter between 2006 and 2018, burning about 123 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINNONA |
| 9 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUTCHER476 |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATER TOWER |
| 6 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALODURO |
| 6 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALODURO2 |
| 3 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH 287 |
| 24 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEBRUCE |
| 24 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY HALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Etter in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Etter | $100,000 | The Moore County Emergency Manager reported that County Road E and Farm to Market Road 281 were closed due to flowing water. There were numerous homes and businesses that were flooded in the Etter and Cactus, Texas areas. There were no reports of injuries. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Etter | $70,000 | Report of roof blown off a building. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Etter | - | Road was lightly covered with hail. |
| April 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Etter | - | This report of a funnel cloud 5 miles southwest of Sunray was received via mPING. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Etter | - | Penny sized hail was observed 3 miles south-southeast of Cactus. The hail covered US Highway 287. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Etter | - | High water reported on Farm to Market Rd 119. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Etter | - | Penny to nickel size hail was falling at time of report. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Etter | - | Quarter size hail fell one mile south-southwest of Cactus. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Etter | - | Sheriffs office reported 2 semis rolled over at intersection of US 287 and County Rd E. 2 or 3 power poles also knocked over on Country Rd E. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Etter | - | Discrete supercells began transitioning to a linear structure during the late evening hours of the 16th. As this cluster of storms neared the town of Cactus (Moore County), a member of the public 4 miles west-southwest of Cactus (Moore County) reported golf ball size hail (1.75 inches). This hail damaged corn and sorghum crops along Highway 281. After producing this hail the cluster of storms continued to move to the southeast. |
| July 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Etter | - | A cluster of thunderstorms went through multiple mergers over Moore County during the evening hours of the 16th. One cell merger 5 miles west-southwest of the town of Cactus (Moore County) provided additional tightening of the updraft and allowed a brief tornado to form. This tornado formed over open area and caused no damage. However, multiple trained storm spotter reported the brief tornado. The estimated wind speed was 65 mph. After producing the brief tornado, the merging storms transitioned into an linear structure and moved southeastward across the southern Texas Panhandle. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Etter | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Etter | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Etter | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Etter | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Etter | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Etter | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Etter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus | 1.8 miles | 6 | |
| Bryden | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Machovec | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Sheerin Junction | 6.2 miles | 6 | |
| Sheerin | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Sunray | 9.3 miles | 6 | |
| Dumas | 11.2 miles | 6 | |
| Stallwitz Lake | 15.0 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357091. 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.



