McAdoo, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dickens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79243. The Survey maps it on the McAdoo quadrangle. It stands 2,982 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS McAdoo quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of McAdoo between 2006 and 2018, burning about 404 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLLIER RANCH FIRE |
| 5 July 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DARL WALKER CRP |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAPROCK/82 |
| 17 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRIS BROTHERS FIRE |
| 14 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCADOO |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US82/CR111 |
| 20 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McAdoo in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 1994 | Hail | McAdoo | - | The Crosby County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-size hail on Highway 82 at Silver Falls Park (five miles east of Crosbyton). This severe thunderstorm moved into western Dickens County and produced dime-size hail southeast of McAdoo as reported by the public. |
| May 1995 | Hail | McAdoo | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | McAdoo | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | McAdoo | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | McAdoo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elton | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Glenn | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Afton | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dickens | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| East Afton | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Croton | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Soldiers Mound (historical) | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Spur | 19.5 miles | 6 |
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 McAdoo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6799868 | 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 1362352. 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.


