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Kerrick, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Dalhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79051. The Survey maps it on the Kerrick quadrangle. It stands 3,842 feet above sea level.

Kerrick within Dallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kerrick between 2008 and 2015, burning about 87 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 July 2008Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 July 2012Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANDY HILL FARMS
12 May 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 March 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKERRICK
3 November 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution71 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKERRICK

Every fire recorded in Dallam County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kerrick in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Kerrick-This tornado touched down in an open field and was documented by|several storm spotters and chasers. It did not cause any damage|and was given an EFU damage rating.
June 2023HailKerrick-Hail up to the 4 in diameter reported 22 miles NNE of Ware reported by the public. Hail up to 1.75 reported 7 miles N of Conlen by a trained spotter.
May 2016HailKerrick-Storm chasers reported hen egg size hail on Highway 385 30 miles north of Dalhart, near the Oklahoma state line.
June 2015HailKerrick-Half dollar size hail was reported in Kerrick, 15 miles northwest of Stratford.
June 2023HailKerrick-no account filed
April 2022HailKerrick-no account filed
May 2018HailKerrick-no account filed
May 2017HailKerrick-no account filed
May 2017HailKerrick-no account filed
June 2012HailKerrick-no account filed
August 2008HailKerrick-no account filed
September 2002HailKerrick-no account filed
April 1997HailKerrick-no account filed
May 1994HailKerrick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallam County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Conlen18.0 miles6
Coldwater20.7 miles7
Irwin21.3 miles6
Chamberlin25.1 miles6
Buffalo Springs27.4 miles7
Hitt28.2 miles6
Thompson Grove30.3 miles7
Bolin32.2 miles6

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 KerrickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6394382The 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 1382103. 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.