Grayback, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harrold-Oklaunion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76360. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grayback 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 Grayback quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Kemp quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Grayback between 2008 and 2020, burning about 206 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2020 | Natural | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK CREEK |
| 11 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE |
| 29 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WAGGONER MARE PATURE |
| 29 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK CREEK OIL FIELD |
| 18 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAYBACK FIRE |
| 3 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 January 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WAGGONER RANCH #1 |
| 19 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grayback in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 24 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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 2003 | Hail | Grayback | $250 | A motorist driving on Highway 283 reported damage to windshield. |
| April 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Grayback | - | Three storm chasers reported a tornado that was observed from a long distance. The tornado lasted about a minute, and produced no known damage, so the location is estimated. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grayback | - | A storm chaser observed a destroyed metal barn and power poles snapped about 6 miles northwest of Grayback. All of the damage and debris was observed to be from west to east. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Grayback | - | Nickel to quarters with some half dollars mixed in. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Grayback | - | Reported via Nssl Shave Project. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Grayback | - | Moderate flooding occurred along Beaver Creek in southern Wilbarger and southwestern Wichita counties on October 15-17. Storm total precipitation amounts of 3 to 6 inches kept Beaver Creek in flood for over 2 days. Beaver Creek crested at 27.4 feet, 3.4 feet above flood stage, at 8:30 am CST on October 16, and remained above flood stage from 2:00 pm CST on October 15 until 11:45 pm CST on October 17. Some secondary roads and agricultural lands near the creek were inundated during this period. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Grayback | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Grayback | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Crossing | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Midway Crossing | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hoot and Holler Crossing | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Oklaunion | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Harrold | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Vernon | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lockett | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Elliott | 12.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358356. 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.



