Lomax, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Big Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79720. The Survey maps it on the Houston Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1941 USGS Morita quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Morita quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Houston Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Lomax between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,275 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM 165 I-20 |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM 165 I-20 |
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM 164 I-20 |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I20 MM 164 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I20 MM 165 |
| 4 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | .5 MILE SOUTH OF I20 ON FM 818 |
| 12 August 2013 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR 33 AND 818 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lomax in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | The West Texas Mesonet station 77 1SSE Lomax measured a 66 mph wind gust, along with a number of other 60+ mph gusts. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | The West Texas Mesonet station 77 1SSE Lomax/Howard County measured a 58 mph wind gust caused by thunderstorm outflow. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 59 mph wind gust at the Mesonet station near Lomax. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at the Lomax Mesonet site. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm produced a 61 mph wind gust at the Mesonet site near Lomax. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm produced a 58 mph wind gust at the Lomax mesonet site. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm produced a 67 mph wind gust as measured by the Lomax mesonet. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm produced an 84 mph wind gust at the Lomax mesonet site. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 69 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 61 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced an 83 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 68 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | Thunderstorms moved across Howard County and produced a 59 mph wind gust at the Lomax Mesonet. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 68 mph wind gust near Lomax. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved over Howard County and produced a 65 mph wind gust near Lomax. No damage was reported. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 74 mph wind gust near Lomax. No damage was reported. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced an 80 mph wind gust. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 62 mph wind gust near Lomax as recorded by the mesonet station. No damage was reported. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Lomax | - | The Howard County Sheriff's Office reported water over the roadway just north of the intersection of Farm to Market roads 461 and 818. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lomax | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Lomax | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lomax | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lomax | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morita | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Elbow | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| South Haven | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Webb Village | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Big Spring | 12.6 miles | 11 | |
| Forsan | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Ziler | 16.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 17.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378598. 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.





