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Loco, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Childress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79201. The Survey maps it on the Loco quadrangle. It stands 1,824 feet above sea level.

Loco within Childress County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Loco between 2006 and 2016, burning about 2,529 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
24 May 2009Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSIMS
5 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 March 2016Equipment and vehicle use2,336 acresTexas A & M Forest Service256 FIRE
28 February 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 November 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIGHT OF WAY
22 November 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOUG SEALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Childress County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loco in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 13 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindLoco$20,000The Childress County EM reported 16 power poles that were toppled by a bow echo thunderstorm. Time was estimated from radar.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindLoco$10,000Large power poles were reported down on U.S. Highway 62 about 12 miles north of Childress.
May 2002Tornado (F1)Loco$2,000A storm chaser followed a tornado from just east of Memphis (in Hall County) to about 13 miles west of Loco. The tornado snapped trees and power poles and downed power lines.
April 2025Flash FloodLoco-Several slow moving thunderstorms trained over Hall and Childress Counties early in the morning on the 26th. WSR-88D MRMS rainfall was estimated between two to four inches over a widespread area with localized areas between four and five inches in northeastern Hall County. Numerous roads were closed or impassable in Hall and Childress Counties including US Highway 287 between Memphis and Estelline and Texas State Highway 256 between Memphis and Lakeview. One vehicle accident was reported on Texas State Highway 86 northeast of Turkey. The Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River filled its banks between Estelline and Childress briefly reaching minor flood stage at the Childress 10N river gage.
July 2025HailLoco-An emergency management official in Childress County reported quarter size hail covering the ground north of Childress.
May 2020HailLoco-The hailstorm that began in northeastern Hall County continued to track east-southeast across far northern Childress County, with hailstones larger than teacups at times. However, the majority of the severe hail reports were generally tennis ball size or smaller. No damage information was available.
April 2020HailLoco-A public report was received of half dollar size hail near US Highway 83 just south of the Collingsworth/Childress County line.
April 2019HailLoco-The hailstorm that began in northern Hall County continued to track east across far northern Childress County, this time with hailstones as large as tennis balls at times. However, the majority of the severe hail reports were generally golf ball size or smaller. No damage information was available.
May 2019HailLoco-A storm chaser reported hail up to the size of tennis balls along Texas Highway 256 in northwestern Childress County.
June 2018Funnel CloudLoco-The Hall County Sheriff's Office reported a funnel cloud nearly reaching the ground east of Memphis in Childress County. The location was near Texas Highway 256 and County Road 2 in Childress County.
October 2017FloodLoco-Widespread heavy rainfall occurred across eastern Briscoe, Hall, and western Childress Counties from the evening of the 4th through the early morning hours of the 5th. This torrential rainfall brought large scale flooding to western Childress County. Furthermore, minor river flooding occurred along the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River.
August 2016HailLoco-A storm chaser reported copious amounts of hail as large as golf ball size along Texas Highway 256. Dense fog was also observed from the hail. Damage information was not available.
April 2014HailLoco-Damage, if any, was unknown.
April 2012HailLoco-The Sheriff's Office in Collingsworth County reported golf ball size hail at the intersection of U.S. Highways 83 and 62 in Childress County. No damage was reported.
May 2003HailLoco-A storm chaser reported tennis ball size hail.
May 2002HailLoco-A storm chaser reported golfball size hail.
June 2025HailLoco-no account filed
May 2003HailLoco-no account filed
May 2003HailLoco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Childress 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
Arlie3.3 miles8
Smithdale8.7 miles8
Abington12.3 miles8
Carey19.3 miles8
Childress20.3 miles8
Kirkland23.8 miles8
Tell26.8 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 LocoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q104852015The 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 1380096. 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.