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Lelia Lake, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hedley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79240. It stands on East Lelia Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lelia Lake quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,585 feet above sea level.

Lelia Lake within Donley 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

64 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Lelia Lake between 2006 and 2019, burning about 5,904 acres in total. 9 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
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSALAZAR - CR 13
21 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINDY VALLEY
20 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2019Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
30 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS 287 AND FM 1260
26 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Donley County

Storms near this place

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lelia Lake in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 38 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
May 2024HailLelia Lake$10,000Hail up to hen egg size fell between Leila Lake and Hedley.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLelia Lake$10,000A porch was damaged by the thunderstorm wind, along with debris from the damaged porch blown over 200 yards.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLelia Lake-Multiple trees were uprooted along HWY 287 by the wind.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLelia Lake-One car flipped over 4 miles east of Clarendon on Highway 287.
May 2016HailLelia Lake-Golf ball size hail fell 2 miles southeast of Lelia Lake.
May 2016HailLelia Lake-Quarter size hail fell at Lelia Lake.
May 2016HailLelia Lake-Mostly nickel size hail with a few quarter size hail stones fell one mile east of Lelia Lake.
May 2016HailLelia Lake-Quarter size hail was reported 6 miles west-northwest of Hedley.
May 2016HailLelia Lake-Quarter size hail fell 4 miles east of Clarendon.
May 2016HailLelia Lake-Half dollar size hail occurred 1 miles southeast of Lelia Lake.
May 2016HailLelia Lake-Quarter size hail was reported at Lelia Lake.
April 2016HailLelia Lake-Half dollar size hail was reported at Lelia Lake.
April 2016HailLelia Lake-Hail between the size of quarters and ping pong balls fell near Lelia Lake.
April 2015HailLelia Lake-Pea to quarter size hail fell 4 miles southwest of Lelia Lake.
April 2015HailLelia Lake-Quarter size hail was reported at Lelia Lake.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLelia Lake-A metal roof was torn off of a home and wind damage to power poles and trees was reported on County Road 22, 4 miles northeast of Lelia Lake.
May 2015HailLelia Lake-A report of golf ball size hail at Lelia Lake was relayed by broadcast media.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Lelia Lake-Although most of the damage along the path of this tornado was EF-0, isolated EF-1 damage occurred at a residence which sustained significant roof damage. There were also several large trees with snapped trunks near the property.
February 2013HailLelia Lake-Storm chasers 2 miles southeast of Lelia Lake (Donley County) reported golf ball size hail.
November 2012HailLelia Lake-A storm chaser on Highway 287 reported Pea size hail covering the highway.
April 2012HailLelia Lake-The trained spotter reported that the largest hailstone measured two and a half by three and a half inches. There were numerous reports of damage caused to vehicles and homes due to the hail. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
December 2012Tornado (EF0)Lelia Lake-This tornado touched down five miles south-southeast of Clarendon in Donley County at 4:53 PM CST. The tornado was on the ground for less than one mile with a maximum width of 50 yards. The tornado dissipated at 4:54 PM CST, five miles southeast of Clarendon. This tornado has been rated an EF-0 with winds of 80 mph. There was considerable damage to a metal barn, overhead doors were blown in and part of the roof was blown off. In addition, a small shed was destroyed, and empty diesel tank was blown off the stand and shingles on the roof of a nearby house were blown off.
December 2012Tornado (EF0)Lelia Lake-This tornado touched down one mile northwest of Lelia Lake in Donley County at 4:58 PM CST. The tornado was on the ground for less than one half mile with a maximum width of 50 yards. The tornado dissipated at 4:59 PM CST, one mile north-northwest of Lelia Lake. This tornado has been rated as an EF-0 with winds of 80 mph. There was significant tree damage with large limbs down. Irrigation pipe supply lines were blown out of position. Another irrigation pipe was blown 100 yards into a field.
March 2007HailLelia Lake-Marble to penny size hail was reported.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLelia Lake-Several large trees blown down by the high winds and blocking one lane of traffic on U.S. Highway 287.
June 2017HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 2012HailLelia Lake-no account filed
April 2012HailLelia Lake-no account filed
April 2012HailLelia Lake-no account filed
April 2012HailLelia Lake-no account filed
April 2012HailLelia Lake-no account filed
March 2012HailLelia Lake-no account filed
March 2012HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 2010HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 2010HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 2010HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 2008HailLelia Lake-no account filed
March 2007Thunderstorm WindLelia Lake-no account filed
August 2001HailLelia Lake-no account filed
August 2001HailLelia Lake-no account filed
August 2001HailLelia Lake-no account filed
June 1997HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 1996HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 1996HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 1996HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 1995HailLelia Lake-no account filed
May 1995HailLelia Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Donley 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
Hedley6.3 miles8
Clarendon6.7 miles8
McKnight11.3 miles8
Giles11.3 miles8
Howardwick11.8 miles7
Ashtola16.2 miles7
Rockledge19.1 miles6
Jericho20.1 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 Lelia LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6520881The 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 1361072. 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.