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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.

Lomax within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

39 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2

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
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 165 I-20
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 165 I-20
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 164 I-20
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceI20 MM 164
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceI20 MM 165
4 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service.5 MILE SOUTH OF I20 ON FM 818
12 August 2013Smoking7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR 33 AND 818

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

25 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLomax-The West Texas Mesonet station 77 1SSE Lomax measured a 66 mph wind gust, along with a number of other 60+ mph gusts.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindLomax-The West Texas Mesonet station 77 1SSE Lomax/Howard County measured a 58 mph wind gust caused by thunderstorm outflow.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 59 mph wind gust at the Mesonet station near Lomax.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at the Lomax Mesonet site.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm produced a 61 mph wind gust at the Mesonet site near Lomax.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm produced a 58 mph wind gust at the Lomax mesonet site.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm produced a 67 mph wind gust as measured by the Lomax mesonet.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm produced an 84 mph wind gust at the Lomax mesonet site.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 69 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 61 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced an 83 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 68 mph wind gust at the mesonet site near Lomax.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindLomax-Thunderstorms moved across Howard County and produced a 59 mph wind gust at the Lomax Mesonet.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 68 mph wind gust near Lomax.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved over Howard County and produced a 65 mph wind gust near Lomax. No damage was reported.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced a 74 mph wind gust near Lomax. No damage was reported.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLomax-A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced an 80 mph wind gust.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLomax-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 2000Flash FloodLomax-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 2023Thunderstorm WindLomax-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLomax-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLomax-no account filed
June 2013HailLomax-no account filed
May 2009HailLomax-no account filed
May 1996HailLomax-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Morita4.7 miles11
Elbow7.4 miles10
South Haven9.6 miles12
Webb Village10.4 miles12
Big Spring12.6 miles11
Forsan14.5 miles11
Ziler16.5 miles11
Fairview17.7 miles9

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.