Kamay, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Electra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76367. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mankins quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
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 Mankins quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Kamay between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,294 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 | 37 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOOKS FIRE |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS |
| 28 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REEVES ROAD |
| 24 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN GREEN |
| 22 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADLEY RANCH |
| 19 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADLEY RANCH ROAD |
| 16 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN WAYNE FIRE |
| 16 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN WAYNE FIRE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kamay in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 29 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Lightning | Kamay | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamay | $7,000 | A few power poles near the Post Office were damaged. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamay | $3,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamay | $2,000 | Carport destroyed. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Kamay | - | MPing report. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kamay | - | Hail was reported at the intersection of FM258 and FM368. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Kamay | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Kamay | - | A severe thunderstorm in Wichita County produced three-quarters inch hail two miles southwest of Kamay. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Kamay | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and produced large hail in Archer and Wichita Counties before moving northward into Oklahoma. Hail as large as tennis balls destroyed vinyl siding, broke windows, and caused considerable roof damage in Iowa Park in Wichita County. The press box at Iowa Park High School was also destroyed and two large trees were downed by strong winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Kamay | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and produced large hail in Archer and Wichita Counties before moving northward into Oklahoma. Hail as large as tennis balls destroyed vinyl siding, broke windows, and caused considerable roof damage in Iowa Park in Wichita County. The press box at Iowa Park High School was also destroyed and two large trees were downed by strong winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Kamay | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Kamay | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kadane Corner | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Valley View | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fowlkes | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Iowa Park | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Allendale | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 12.9 miles | 9 | |
| Electra | 13.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bacon | 16.8 miles | 9 |
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 Kamay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6356201 | 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 1360490. 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.



