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Lusk, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Woodson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76491. The Survey maps it on the Lusk quadrangle.

Lusk within Throckmorton 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

78 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Lusk between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,198 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3

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
12 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 183 BOAT5
12 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 183 BOAT6
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 209 EAST
31 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST 1481
31 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST 1481-2
31 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST 1481-3
31 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service383 FIRE
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Throckmorton County

Storms near this place

14 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lusk in 14 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 7 hail, 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailLusk-Reported golf ball size hail along county line southeast of Woodson by Woodson VFD.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLusk-Winds of 65 mph from a storm southeast of Woodson along county line. Reported by Woodson VFD.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLusk-Volunteer Fire Department estimated winds were at 70 to 80 mph. The time was estimated from radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLusk-A NWS survey team reported damage to a roof of the main residence as well as damage to a metal roof barn on property. In addition, a small trailer was rolled over on its side. The wind speed was estimated at 80 mph. Time of damage based on radar data.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLusk-The Woodson Fire Department reported 70 to 75 mph wind gusts.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLusk-The Woodson Volunteer Fire Department estimated a wind gust of 60 mph along with nickel size hail.
April 2020HailLusk-The Woodson Volunteer Fire Department estimated a wind gust of 60 mph along with nickel size hail.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLusk-A member of the public estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLusk-A trained spotter 4 miles east-southeast of Woodson estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2020HailLusk-no account filed
May 2020HailLusk-no account filed
July 2016HailLusk-no account filed
April 2015HailLusk-no account filed
April 2012HailLusk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Throckmorton 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
Woodson3.2 miles8
McKeichan Crossing12.0 miles8
Reynolds Crossing16.1 miles8
Throckmorton16.3 miles8
Bartholomew Crossing16.6 miles8
Gentry Crossing17.4 miles8
Hayford Crossing18.3 miles8
Paint Crossing18.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380880. 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.