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Flomot, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Motley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79234. The Survey maps it on the Flomot quadrangle. It stands 2,461 feet above sea level.

Flomot within Motley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

26 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Flomot between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,182 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined8
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITE STAR
4 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceECHOLS
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service97 DITCH
14 August 2010Arson/incendiarism34 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
14 August 2006Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITE STAR DITCH
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLIVER CLARK
2 July 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITE STAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Motley County

Storms near this place

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flomot in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 25 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2015HailFlomot$150,000Storm spotters and fire department officials from Matador reported a swath of large hail up to golf ball size accompanied by destructive downburst winds. The wind-driven hail damaged dozens of vehicles, broke some north-facing windows to homes and businesses in and near Matador, and caused varying degrees of damage to rooftops.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFlomot$20,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and one power line down in the Flomot area. Also, an estimated 25 center pivot irrigation systems were overturned and damaged nearby.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFlomot$12,000A NWS cooperative weather observer reported several telephone poles downed by winds.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindFlomot$10,000A 30' by 40' shed was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFlomot$10,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFlomot-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Flomot measured severe wind gusts from 0003 CST through 0006 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured at 0005 CST.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindFlomot-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Flomot measured severe wind gusts from 1743 CST through 1750 CST. A peak wind gust of 90 mph was measured at 1744 CST.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFlomot-An NWS cooperative weather observer estimated wind gusts of 80 mph lasting for approximately 20 minutes. No damage was reported.
May 2021HailFlomot-A storm chaser reported quarter size hail northeast of Flomot.
May 2021HailFlomot-An NWS cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail.
May 2020HailFlomot-An NWS cooperative weather observer four miles northeast of Flomot measured ping pong ball size hail.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFlomot-An NWS cooperative weather observer reported wind damage to his cotton crop.
March 2017HailFlomot-Hail damage was not known.
April 2014HailFlomot-A SKYWARN Spotter observed quarter size hail east southeast of Flomot.
September 2012HailFlomot-Wind-driven hail damaged crops four miles northeast of Flomot. An unknown amount of damage to the crops occurred.
May 2011HailFlomot-The public reported golf ball size hail north of Matador. No damage was reported.
June 2008HailFlomot-Heavy rainfall was accompanied by a few penny size hail stones east of Flomot at 17:30 CST.
June 2008HailFlomot-The public reported quarter size hail just east of Flomot at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 97 and 2009.
June 2008HailFlomot-A second severe storm impacted the Flomot vicinity, and quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 97 and 2007 twice in a one hour period. No damage was reported.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFlomot-Local newspapers reported that utility poles were downed by thunderstorm winds near the Whiteflat community, along Texas Highway 70 north of Matador. Power outages impacted the surrounding area until 03:00 CST on the 17th.
July 2007HailFlomot-A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported nickel size hail in Flomot.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindFlomot-Personnel at the Flomot Gin measured 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2018HailFlomot-no account filed
August 2004HailFlomot-no account filed
April 2003HailFlomot-no account filed
June 2001HailFlomot-no account filed
June 2001HailFlomot-no account filed
April 1999HailFlomot-no account filed
April 1999HailFlomot-no account filed
June 1996HailFlomot-no account filed
October 1996HailFlomot-no account filed
May 1995HailFlomot-no account filed
May 1995HailFlomot-no account filed
May 1995Tornado (F0)Flomot-no account filed
May 1995HailFlomot-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFlomot-no account filed
May 1995HailFlomot-no account filed
July 1995TornadoFlomot-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Motley 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
Whitestar4.8 miles8
Folley5.3 miles8
Whiteflat9.9 miles8
Matador17.3 miles8
Northfield21.1 miles8
Mac Bain23.0 miles8
Roaring Springs23.7 miles8
Russellville26.4 miles8

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 FlomotAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8563859The 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 1357489. 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.