Lutie, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Samnorwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79079. The Survey maps it on the Lutie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lutie quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lutie between 2006 and 2011, burning about 324 acres in total. 3 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH LUTIE |
| 10 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE ROW |
| 19 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENARD |
| 29 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARRY WATERS LUTIE |
| 13 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S. ROW |
| 19 March 2011 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KYLE JANES |
| 29 November 2010 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARRY HENARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lutie in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 21 hail, 4 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Lutie | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lutie | - | Quarter size hail occurred on Highway 83 north of Wellington. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Lutie | - | Tornado reported on the ground by storm chasers in the area. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Lutie | - | Tornado reported on the ground by storm chasers in the area. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lutie | - | Quarter size hail fell in Lutie. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Lutie | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed over Collingsworth County shortly after 3:00 PM CST. The storms quickly strengthened, and local broadcast media reported ping pong ball (1.50 inches) size hail 10 miles northeast of Wellington (Collingsworth County). The storms continued to move eastward after producing this hail. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lutie | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed over Collingsworth County shortly after 3:00 PM CST. An embedded thunderstorm within a cluster of storms over Collingsworth County produced a 60 MPH downburst 10 miles northeast of Wellington (Collingsworth County). After producing this downburst the thunderstorm continued moving eastward until moving into western Oklahoma. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Lutie | - | This tornado developed fourteen miles northeast of Lutie in northeastern Collingsworth County and tracked north northeast for about a half a mile before exiting Collingsworth County about fourteen and a half miles northeast of Lutie at 1828 CST. The tornado continued north northeast into Wheeler County before finally dissipating nine miles east northeast of Shamrock at 1836 CST. The tornado caused no damage in Collingsworth County. No injuries were reported. The damage was confirmed by a survey conducted by WFO OUN. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Lutie | - | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and path width were estimated. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lutie | - | Reported five to seven miles south and two miles west of Texola Oklahoma by Deputy Sheriff. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Lutie | - | Lots of hail in the 0.75- to 1.00-inch range with a few reports of hail from golfball-size to 3.00 inches in diameter. The larger hail fell on open pasture land with no reports of damage. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lutie | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Lutie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samnorwood | 3.7 miles | 5 | |
| Aberdeen | 4.0 miles | 5 | |
| Dozier | 7.6 miles | 5 | |
| Marilla | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Wellington | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Quail | 12.2 miles | 7 | |
| Rolla | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Fresno | 17.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1361984. 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.



