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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kerrick quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Kerrick quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY HILL FARMS |
| 12 May 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KERRICK |
| 3 November 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 71 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KERRICK |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Tornado (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 2023 | Hail | Kerrick | - | 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 2016 | Hail | Kerrick | - | Storm chasers reported hen egg size hail on Highway 385 30 miles north of Dalhart, near the Oklahoma state line. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Kerrick | - | Half dollar size hail was reported in Kerrick, 15 miles northwest of Stratford. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Kerrick | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Kerrick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conlen | 18.0 miles | 6 | |
| Coldwater | 20.7 miles | 7 | |
| Irwin | 21.3 miles | 6 | |
| Chamberlin | 25.1 miles | 6 | |
| Buffalo Springs | 27.4 miles | 7 | |
| Hitt | 28.2 miles | 6 | |
| Thompson Grove | 30.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bolin | 32.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Kerrick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6394382 | 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 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.




