BlockIrby, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Haskell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79521. The Survey maps it on the Irby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Irby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Irby between 2005 and 2020, burning about 11,023 acres in total. 7 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 | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE |
| 14 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Natural | 550 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2020 | Natural | 606 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED CREEK |
| 29 July 2019 | Natural | 2,466 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLAT TOP |
| 23 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 266 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irby in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irby | $1,000 | A barn lost parts of its roof as high winds struck the area. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Irby | - | A trained spotter reported hail ranging from the size of peas to ping pong balls about 11 miles north northeast of Irby. |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Irby | - | A storm chaser observed a funnel cloud near the Haskell and Throckmorton County Line just south of U.S. Highway 380. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Irby | - | A storm chaser reported one foot of fast flowing water over U.S. Highway 380. The flooded area was approximately 100 yards wide and the road was impassable. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irby | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported an 80 mph wind gust. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irby | - | A trained spotter reported a large grain bin door blown off. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irby | - | A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irby | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 MPH wind gust. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Irby | - | Haskell County Sheriff reported two feet of water covering the roadway on U.S. Highway 380 about 8 miles east of Haskell. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Irby | - | A storm chaser saw another tornado moving from north to the south across highway 380 just to the east of Irby. The storm became outflow dominate. There were several reports of gustnadoes after this tornado. However, this is the last report of an actual tornado. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Irby | - | A storm chaser saw another tornado as a brief dust whirl underneath the cloud circulation. The tornado lasted less than one minute. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Irby | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Irby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattson | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Scott Crossing | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Josselet | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Haskell | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Paint Creek | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Weinert | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Pinkerton | 17.0 miles | 8 | |
| Plainview | 19.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379987. 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.