Eunice, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tulia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79088. The Survey maps it on the Edmonson NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Edmonson NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
171 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Eunice between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,313 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 124 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-43 |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-52 |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-51 |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-53 |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-54 |
| 15 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017-69 |
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-59 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eunice in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Eunice | - | An off duty NWS employee reported quarter size hail in rural eastern Swisher County. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Eunice | - | The same slow moving storms that brought intense rainfall and flash flooding to Parmer County also moved over Swisher County. Similarly, the intense rainfall brought over an inch of rainfall in less than 20 minutes. The Tulia Police Department reported that several roads in town were flooded along with a few County Roads along US Highway 87. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Eunice | - | A storm chaser reported hail up to two inches in diameter southeast of Tulia along Texas State Highway 86. No damage was reported. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eunice | - | Local broadcast media reported that a utility line had been blown down by a thunderstorm wind near the town of Eunice. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Eunice | - | Most hailstones were nickel size. Damage was not known. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Eunice | - | A large, multiple vortex tornado was photographed by several storm chasers southwest of Tulia in Swisher County. Despite its size, the NWS survey team did not find any evidence |of damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulia | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kress | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lakeview | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Center Plains | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Kaffir | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| Claytonville | 12.2 miles | 7 | |
| Vigo Park | 19.1 miles | 7 | |
| Happy | 19.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379740. 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.



