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Kirkland, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Childress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79201. The Survey maps it on the Kirkland North quadrangle.

Kirkland within Childress County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Kirkland between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,472 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined482 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROLLING PLAINS - 4
5 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUB
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 20
6 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined88 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceZEBRA
21 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined132 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM1033
2 March 2011Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMIDNIGHT FIRE
1 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKIRKLAND FIRE
6 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined58 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePORTER

Every fire recorded in Childress County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkland in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 22 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2003Tornado (F1)Kirkland$150,000A Childress County Sheriff's Deputy reported a tornado. The tornado tore the roof off of a home, destroyed two vacant mobile homes, destroyed several barns, snapped trees, and downed about a dozen power poles.
October 2016HailKirkland$15,000A swath of severe hail ranging from quarter size to two inches in diameter fell along US Highway 287 in and near Kirkland. Some vehicles in this area suffered cracked windshields and body damage.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindKirkland$6,000A picture posted to social media showed two power poles snapped by straight line winds south of Kirkland.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindKirkland$5,000Thunderstorms developed along a stationary frontal boundary across the southeast Texas Panhandle. A storm in Collingsworth county became severe and produced golfball-size hail. The hail was reported by the Collingsworth County Sheriff's Office. A second storm became severe over Childress County and produced golfball- to 2.00-inch diameter hail, as well as strong downburst winds near 70 mph. The hail was reported by law enforcement officials, while the strong winds were relayed through the forecast office in Norman.
March 2025HailKirkland-A public report was received of quarter size hail west of Kirkland.
July 2023HailKirkland-An NWS cooperative weather observer reported hail up to quarter size west of Kirkland.
September 2023HailKirkland-A report of baseball size hail in far eastern Childress County was relayed to the office from a trained spotter. No damage was reported.
May 2021HailKirkland-Reports of hail up to ping pong size from law enforcement and an NWS cooperative weather observer in Kirkland. No damage was reported.
May 2020HailKirkland-An NWS cooperative weather observer estimated hen egg sized hail which subsequently destroyed his winter wheat crop.
May 2020HailKirkland-A report was received via mPING of half dollar size hail east of Kirkland.
May 2019HailKirkland-Law enforcement reported quarter size hail in Kirkland. No damage was reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKirkland-The Childress County Sheriff's Office reported that a tractor trailer was blown over on US Highway 287 at Farm to Market Road 1033.
May 2017HailKirkland-A storm chaser reported golf ball size hail along US Highway 287 southeast of Kirkland.
May 2017HailKirkland-Penny to nickel size hail occurred from a supercell storm. Damage, if any, was not known.
May 2017HailKirkland-Law enforcment in Kirkland reported hail up to quarter size covering some roads to several inches deep. No information about possible damage was available.
October 2016FloodKirkland-Law enforcement reported street flooding in Kirkland. Some rural roads south of town were impassable due to standing water.
October 2016Heavy RainKirkland-Law enforcement measured just over four inches of rain in Kirkland.
May 2009HailKirkland-Nickel size hail was reported by a National Weather Service cooperative observer in Kirkland. The report was delayed and the time is estimated.
September 2007HailKirkland-A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported large hail that ranged between pea and golf ball size just west of Kirkland. No damage was reported.
April 2006HailKirkland-A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported very large hail up to the size of tennis balls just west of Kirkland.
April 2006HailKirkland-The Childress County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail along U.S. Highway 287 just west of Kirkland.
November 2023HailKirkland-no account filed
April 2015HailKirkland-no account filed
April 2003HailKirkland-no account filed
April 2003HailKirkland-no account filed
May 2001HailKirkland-no account filed
May 2001HailKirkland-no account filed
June 1998HailKirkland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Childress 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
Childress8.2 miles8
Abington13.8 miles8
Carey15.4 miles8
Smithdale16.6 miles8
Tell17.7 miles8
Arlie23.4 miles8
Loco23.8 miles8

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 KirklandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20714362The 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 1360698. 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.