Lariat, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Farwell-Bovina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79325. The Survey maps it on the Lariat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lariat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Muleshoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lariat between 2008 and 2019, burning about 70 acres in total. None 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016074 |
| 11 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014050 |
| 13 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011049 |
| 11 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014033 |
| 2 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2018046 |
| 19 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lariat in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 5 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Hail | Lariat | $1,000 | The public reported large hail to the size of 2 inches which destroyed a car windshield. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lariat | - | A spotter reported hail up to ping pong ball size northwest of Lariat. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Lariat | - | Law enforcement initially reported a tornado near the town of Lariat. Broadcast media relayed a picture of a funnel cloud near the same time and location of the previous report. An NWS storm survey revealed that this tornado began in northern Bailey County along County Road 54 between Farm to Market Road 3125 and County Road 1038. This tornado went to the north-northeast to overturn a center pivot irrigation system before crossing into Parmer County and turning to the north-northwest. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Lariat | - | |Skywarn spotters reported penny size hail in Lariat.| |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Lariat | - | Numerous areas of flooded roadways. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Lariat | - | Flooded roadways in the vicinity of 16 miles northwest of Muleshoe, TX or approximately 1 mile to the southwest of Lariat. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Lariat | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lariat | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Lane | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Farwell | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wilsey | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Clays Corner | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bovina | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lazbuddie | 16.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hub | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Parmerton | 18.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380058. 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.



