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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lenorah West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR3800 |
| 12 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDREW/LAMESA HWY INTERSECTION |
| 18 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Lenorah | $7,000 | A 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | $5,000 | A 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 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Lenorah | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | $500 | A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced tree damage and estimated 60 mph winds. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | $300 | Heavy 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 2025 | Hail | Lenorah | - | A report was received from the public of approximately tennis ball-size hail. The time of occurrence is estimated by radar. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | - | 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 2014 | Tornado (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 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lenorah | - | 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | - | Severe winds were estimated and no damage was reported. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | - | Eight inches of water flowed rapidly across the intersection of Texas State Highway 137 and Farm to Market Road 846. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lenorah | - | Nickel hail fell on Texas Highway 137 north of Lenorah. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lenorah | - | Quarter size hail was reported along U.S. Highway 87 in extreme northeastern Martin County just southeast of Ackerly. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | - | The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 MPH in Lenorah. No damage was reported. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | - | Rural streets and State Highway 176 were submerged by flowing flood waters in and around Lenorah. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | - | Law official reported high water covering Highway 176. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | - | Spotters reported water covering Highway 176 on the Howard and Martin Couny line. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lenorah | - | The storm over northern Martin County sagged southward to Lenorah. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | - | 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 1997 | Flash Flood | Lenorah | - | Heavy rains from training storms caused flash flooding along State Highway 137 in northern Martin county. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Lenorah | - | A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter-size hail north through east of Lenorah from a series of thunderstorms. No significant damage resulted. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Lenorah | - | A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter-size hail north through east of Lenorah from a series of thunderstorms. No significant damage resulted. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Lenorah | - | A SKYWARN spotter reported dime to quarter-size hail north through east of Lenorah from a series of thunderstorms. No significant damage resulted. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenorah | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Lenorah | - | 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.
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 Lenorah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6523077 | The 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.



