Longworth, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79556. The Survey maps it on the Longworth quadrangle. It stands 1,969 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Longworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Longworth between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,461 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RON STONE |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MATTHEW BARRERA |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUSAN KENNEDY |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TX DOT |
| 16 September 2005 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Longworth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Walter Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longworth in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longworth | - | The strong thunderstorm winds downed several highway signs and large tree limbs in the Longworth and Sylvester area. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Longworth | - | FM 57 flooded in several places between Longworth and Sylvester. Some locations had as much as half a foot of flowing water over the roadway. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Longworth | - | Storm chasers reported the tornado touched down briefly in an open field. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Longworth | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Longworth | - | 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 Longworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60762898 | 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 1374718. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




