Mankins, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Holliday census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76366. The Survey maps it on the Mankins quadrangle. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mankins quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Mankins between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,513 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACK FLATS FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSON RANCH ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 25 FIRE |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 375 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 25 FIRE |
| 16 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 25 WEST FIRE |
| 1 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRITTON LANE FIRE |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 08/16/2020A |
| 16 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOSE CITY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
40 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mankins in 40 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 34 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mankins | $4,000 | A roof was blown off a vacant building and onto Highway 25. Utility poles were also downed in the area. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mankins | - | Wind gust captured by a vehicle anemometer along Texas Highway 25, south of Mankins. The location is approximate. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mankins | - | The wind gust was measured at the intersection of Highways 25 and 82. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Mankins | - | Hail was reported on the southwest side of Mankins. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Mankins | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Mankins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holliday | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dads Corner | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dundee | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Black Flat | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hartex | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lakeside City | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Luke Wilson | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Archer City | 15.8 miles | 9 |
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 Mankins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076531 | 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 1362131. 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.



