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Klondike, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pecan Gap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75448. The Survey maps it on the Klondike quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.

Klondike within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

108 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Klondike between 2005 and 2019, burning about 2,180 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 were 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
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALLEN FIRE
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2890
17 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 2040
15 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 24 S GRASS FIRE
12 September 2013Debris and open burning8.2 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6318
9 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY24 S
8 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDELTA COMMISH FIRE
6 August 2009Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klondike in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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
April 2017HailKlondike$75,000A social media report indicated ping pong ball sized hail in the city of Klondike, TX.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Klondike$75,000Tornado touchdown between Klondike and Horton on FM 1520. The Fisherman's Motel and Marina in the Klondike area received major roof damage. Several homes had structural damage including roof damage from fallen trees. Residents of the area had no power, telephone service, or water for much of Sunday.
April 1996HailKlondike$50,000no account filed
April 2014Thunderstorm WindKlondike$5,000A trained spotter recorded a wind gust to the south of Cooper on Highway 24. Several trees were damaged in the vicinity.
April 2011HailKlondike$5,000Quarter to golfball sized hail fell in Klondike, which is approximately 4 miles southwest of Cooper.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKlondike$3,000Numerous power lines blown down and 4 inch diameter limbs broken by high winds.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindKlondike$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm wind.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindKlondike$2,000no account filed
April 2011HailKlondike-Quarter size hail was reported north of Klondike.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindKlondike-Power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindKlondike-Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs. No dollar estimate of damage was reported.
October 1997Flash FloodKlondike-Water was reported over Highway 24 at Farm-to-Market Road 1528.
March 2024HailKlondike-no account filed
May 1999HailKlondike-no account filed
April 1998HailKlondike-no account filed
May 1998HailKlondike-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindKlondike-no account filed
June 1997HailKlondike-no account filed
June 1997HailKlondike-no account filed
June 1997HailKlondike-no account filed
October 1997HailKlondike-no account filed
February 1996HailKlondike-no account filed
April 1996HailKlondike-no account filed
April 1996HailKlondike-no account filed
April 1995HailKlondike-no account filed
April 1995HailKlondike-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delta 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
Friendship1.3 miles8
West Delta1.4 miles9
Gough2.5 miles9
Liberty Grove3.2 miles8
Antioch4.0 miles9
Needmore4.3 miles9
Cooper4.8 miles8
Price4.9 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 KlondikeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14710913The 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 1360713. 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.