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Lenorah, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tarzan-Lenorah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79749. The Survey maps it on the Lenorah West quadrangle. It stands 2,844 feet above sea level.

Lenorah within Martin 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

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lenorah between 2008 and 2011, burning about 42 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
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR3800
12 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 March 2011Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANDREW/LAMESA HWY INTERSECTION
18 January 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenorah in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 22 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 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 1994Thunderstorm WindLenorah$50,000no account filed
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Lenorah$7,000A damage survey conducted across west central Martin County concluded that there was a tornado that tracked northeastward for approximately 7 miles, doing minor damage on the way. The first signs of damage were observed at a residence where a 10'X6'X6' wooden storage structure was blown to the east northeast about 60 feet. According to radar imagery, this was near 2055 PM CST. In addition, minor roof damage was done to the home by west winds and the family's trampoline was wrapped around a nearby tree in the backyard. The tornado then continued northeastward where it passed just to the north of two power poles that were snapped at the ground by damaging west winds sometime around 2112 PM CST. The closest estimate of the path taken by the tornado has been attached.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLenorah$5,000A thunderstorm moved over Martin County and produced wind damage in Lenorah. Part of a roof was blown off of a house. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Lenorah$5,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLenorah$500A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced tree damage and estimated 60 mph winds. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
September 2014Flash FloodLenorah$300Heavy rain fell across Martin County and produced flash flooding. A truck driver reported that water was so high on State Highway 137 just north of Farm to Market Road 846 in Martin County that he was barely able to make it through the water. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
June 2025HailLenorah-A report was received from the public of approximately tennis ball-size hail. The time of occurrence is estimated by radar.
September 2018Flash FloodLenorah-Heavy rain fell across Martin County and produced flash flooding near Lenorah. Water was running over Highway 137, five miles north of Highway 176. No damage was reported.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Lenorah-A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced a tornado near Patricia. A spotter reported this as a brief rope tornado. No damage was reported or indicated during a storm damage survey, so this tornado was rated as an EF-0. The path length and width were estimated, and the cost of damage is assumed to be zero.
May 2014Heavy RainLenorah-Heavy rain fell across Martin County. Water was reported to be just below six inches deep over the road about three miles north of the intersection of Highway 137 and Farm to Market Road 846. No damage was reported.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLenorah-Severe winds were estimated and no damage was reported.
August 2007Flash FloodLenorah-Eight inches of water flowed rapidly across the intersection of Texas State Highway 137 and Farm to Market Road 846.
May 2006HailLenorah-Nickel hail fell on Texas Highway 137 north of Lenorah.
June 2005HailLenorah-Quarter size hail was reported along U.S. Highway 87 in extreme northeastern Martin County just southeast of Ackerly.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLenorah-The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 MPH in Lenorah. No damage was reported.
July 2004Flash FloodLenorah-Rural streets and State Highway 176 were submerged by flowing flood waters in and around Lenorah.
June 2002Flash FloodLenorah-Law official reported high water covering Highway 176.
June 2002Flash FloodLenorah-Spotters reported water covering Highway 176 on the Howard and Martin Couny line.
May 1998HailLenorah-The storm over northern Martin County sagged southward to Lenorah.
June 1997Flash FloodLenorah-Water flowing across Highway 137 washed mud and silt across the highway. Even after the water receded the mud was so thick that Highway crews had to work through the night to clear the roadway.
October 1997Flash FloodLenorah-Heavy rains from training storms caused flash flooding along State Highway 137 in northern Martin county.
May 1993HailLenorah-A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter-size hail north through east of Lenorah from a series of thunderstorms. No significant damage resulted.
May 1993HailLenorah-A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter-size hail north through east of Lenorah from a series of thunderstorms. No significant damage resulted.
May 1993HailLenorah-A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter-size hail north through east of Lenorah from a series of thunderstorms. No significant damage resulted.
May 2021HailLenorah-no account filed
June 2020HailLenorah-no account filed
June 2020HailLenorah-no account filed
April 2017HailLenorah-no account filed
May 2016HailLenorah-no account filed
May 2016HailLenorah-no account filed
June 2014HailLenorah-no account filed
March 2012HailLenorah-no account filed
May 2011HailLenorah-no account filed
April 2009HailLenorah-no account filed
April 2009HailLenorah-no account filed
April 2009HailLenorah-no account filed
May 2006HailLenorah-no account filed
March 2004HailLenorah-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindLenorah-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindLenorah-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindLenorah-no account filed
April 1995HailLenorah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Martin 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
Grady2.9 miles8
Tarzan5.2 miles8
Merrick5.8 miles8
Courtney11.0 miles8
Brown11.2 miles9
Stanton13.0 miles8
Flower Grove13.8 miles8
Dix14.0 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 LenorahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6523077The 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 1339815. 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.