Lone Camp, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Palo Pinto-Santo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76484. The Survey maps it on the Lone Camp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1918 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lone Camp quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
164 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Lone Camp between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,162 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 88 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANCISCO PROPERTY |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROL BURN BEHIND STATION |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAIN FIRE |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. LAKEVIEW |
| 13 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ATV FIRE |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONE CAMP FIRE |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DA FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Camp in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Camp | $100,000 | Several outbuildings and barns sustained damage in the Lone Oak area. Some barns lost their metal roofs. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Lone Camp | $10,000 | Flooding was reported on FM 4 from Lone Camp to Highway 281. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Lone Camp | $5,000 | Emergency management reported a high water rescue near the intersection of FM 4 and Lakeview Dr. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Lone Camp | $5,000 | Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Department reported high water rescues in Lone Camp, TX. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Camp | $1,000 | A National Weather Service employee reported minor roof damage and a few trees down in the city of Lone Camp, TX. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Lone Camp | - | Low water crossings southwest of Lone Camp were flooded. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lone Camp | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Lone Camp | - | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Hail | Lone Camp | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santo | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Palo Pinto | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Brazos | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Coalville | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Metcalf Gap | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| New Salem | 10.0 miles | 20 | |
| Gordon Junction | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gordon | 10.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122564436 | 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 1340364. 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.






