BlockHuntoon, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Perryton East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79005. The Survey maps it on the Huntoon 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
- 1973 USGS Huntoon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Huntoon between 2006 and 2012, burning about 26 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH DITCH FIRE |
| 30 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntoon in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2007: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntoon | $100,000 | Visible damage was reported across northeastern Ochiltree county with one home and a barn sustaining severe damage. The Highway 15 storage units were totaled by the extremely high winds and a roundtop at the Roy Hughe place was lifted by the damaging winds and moved about twenty feet. Two large overhead doors were blown down at Tom McGee's building on the west end of Highway 15. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Huntoon | - | U.S. Highway 83 closed from Perryton to Canadian due to five to six feet of water over South Wolf Creek Bridge. North Wolf Creek Bridge was almost flooded. Law enforcement were unable to reach Lake Fryer due to flooding into the park. Water was well over the spillway at an unknown depth. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Huntoon | - | On the Ochiltree county and Lipscomb county line. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Huntoon | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntoon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twichell | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Perryton | 9.9 miles | 6 | |
| Lord | 15.1 miles | 6 | |
| Farnsworth | 20.1 miles | 6 | |
| Waka | 25.1 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595292 | The 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 1379978. 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.