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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Loco quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Loco quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIMS |
| 5 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 March 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,336 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 256 FIRE |
| 28 February 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 November 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIGHT OF WAY |
| 22 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUG SEALE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loco | $20,000 | The Childress County EM reported 16 power poles that were toppled by a bow echo thunderstorm. Time was estimated from radar. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loco | $10,000 | Large power poles were reported down on U.S. Highway 62 about 12 miles north of Childress. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Loco | $2,000 | A 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Loco | - | 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 2025 | Hail | Loco | - | An emergency management official in Childress County reported quarter size hail covering the ground north of Childress. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Loco | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Loco | - | A public report was received of half dollar size hail near US Highway 83 just south of the Collingsworth/Childress County line. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Loco | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Loco | - | A storm chaser reported hail up to the size of tennis balls along Texas Highway 256 in northwestern Childress County. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Loco | - | 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 2017 | Flood | Loco | - | 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 2016 | Hail | Loco | - | 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 2014 | Hail | Loco | - | Damage, if any, was unknown. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Loco | - | 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 2003 | Hail | Loco | - | A storm chaser reported tennis ball size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Loco | - | A storm chaser reported golfball size hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Loco | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Loco | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Loco | - | 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 Loco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104852015 | 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 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.




