BlockGilliland, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Benjamin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79227. The Survey maps it on the Gilliland 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gilliland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Kemp quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Gilliland between 2009 and 2020, burning about 1,608 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILLILAND ELEVATOR FIRE |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,440 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURNETT FIRE |
| 20 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILLAND FIELD FIRE |
| 10 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILLAND WEST FIRE |
| 23 April 2009 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEAD MAN CREEK FIRE |
| 3 February 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MYERS CORNER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilliland in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Gilliland | - | Social media report. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Gilliland | - | MPing report. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Gilliland | - | Public reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Gilliland | - | Golf ball sized hail covered the ground. |
| October 1995 | Hail | Gilliland | - | Morning thunderstorms produced hail as large as nickels in Gilliland in Knox County and severe thunderstorm winds up to 60 mph in Quanah in Hardeman County. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Gilliland | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilliland | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gilliland | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gilliland | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Gilliland | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Gilliland | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358029. 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.