BlockKellerville, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Shamrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79057. The Survey maps it on the Back quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Back quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kellerville between 2005 and 2019, burning about 135,906 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 672019 |
| 8 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3 & FM 2473 |
| 7 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST KELLERVILLE 2 |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCLELLAN CREEK FIRE |
| 21 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 492019 |
| 18 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEVRON (JOHNSON) |
| 27 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIDWELL |
| 29 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHIPLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kellerville in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 13 injuries. 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 1997 | Tornado (F3) | Kellerville | 13 hurt, $1,700,000 | Tornado occurred near Pakan community on CR 453. Twelve homes damaged or destroyed along with 13 vehicles on Interstate 40. Two inch diameter hail fell along most of the tornado path. Tornado track was determined by official storm survey. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F4) | Kellerville | $8,000,000 | Three additional tornadoes were added to the storm data based on video provided by National Weather Service employee. Fortunately, these were over open country with the only damage occurring to power lines. The one tornado crossed the county line from Donley into Gray at about 1718CST. A violent tornado dropped down just north of McLean and moved north northeast. Several homes received minor damage north of McLean with the Crockett estate, on County Line road, having two homes destroyed and another seriously damaged. But the main destruction occurred in Wheeler county at the Wheeler Stock Yard and several hundred cattle there. A few other businesses received significant damage from this tornado. This last tornado had two small satellite tornadoes with it and crossed the county line between Gray and Hemphill at 1755CST. The start and end times for this tornado have been modified based on additional information. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellerville | $1,000 | A barn was reported damaged by the high winds. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Kellerville | - | Spotter came across mostly dime size hail with a couple quarter size stones on the ground at roughly 1731CDT. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Kellerville | - | Broadcast media aired video of flooding in Kellerville on their early evening newscast. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Kellerville | - | Hail 1.75 inch to 2 inch diameter was reported in Kellerville. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellerville | - | A storm chaser estimated 65 mph wind in Kellerville. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Kellerville | - | An EF-0 tornado with winds estimated to have peaked at 80 mph uprooted trees with numerous branches snapped. An old outbuilding was destroyed. Much of the path is rural making it difficult to determine whether or not the path was continuous. This was a well videographed tornado which became rain-wrapped. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kellerville | - | The tornado remained over open country. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Kellerville | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Kellerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kellerville | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Kellerville | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Kellerville | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Kellerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellco | 0.7 miles | 6 | |
| Magic City | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Pakan | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Mobeetie | 10.3 miles | 5 | |
| New Mobeetie | 11.5 miles | 5 | |
| Ramsdell | 12.8 miles | 5 | |
| Lela | 13.1 miles | 6 | |
| Wheeler | 13.3 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360524. 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.