BlockMidkiff, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rankin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79755. The Survey maps it on the Midkiff quadrangle. It stands 2,736 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Midkiff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lacy Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Midkiff between 2006 and 2011, burning about 268 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND |
| 23 May 2011 | Natural | 242 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | T. O. MIDKIFF FIRE |
| 29 November 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2401 NEAR MIDKIFF |
| 29 November 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GEORGE FIRE |
| 29 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCR3095 |
| 10 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midkiff in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midkiff | $400,000 | Spotters reported approximately 100 power poles blown down by severe thunderstorm winds in and around Midkiff. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Midkiff | $50,000 | This tornado was reported to have begun as a large tornado very near the Midland/Upton County line by multiple observers. This tornado began to move towards the west, growing in size and increasing in intensity as it caused EF-3 damage to vegetation and heavy oil equipment. Ground scouring was noted along this portion of the damage path. The tornado may have been nearly stationary for a short time before moving back to the west, continuing to cause damage to vegetation, power poles, and oil equipment. During this portion of the path, the tornado would cross from Midland County into Upton County, a short distance from FM 1788. Eventually, the tornado began to dissipate as it continued towards the west-southwest as a stringing cone tornado before ending. Property damage cost is an estimation. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midkiff | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew large trees and power lines down in the city of Midkiff. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Midkiff | $3,000 | Several vehicle windshields were broken due to the large hail. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midkiff | $2,500 | Hail up to the size of ping-pong balls combined with damaging winds to destroy cotton and watermelon crops, along with one farmer's irrigation system, in far northern Upton county and far southern Midland county. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Ping pong to golf ball-sized hail reported by the public via social media. Time was estimated by radar. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Midkiff | - | Trained spotters viewed and took images of a tornado that developed two miles east of the community of Midkiff along Farm to Market Road 2401 and continued northeastward into open fields in extreme southwest portions of Glasscock County. The tornado was narrow, perhaps 50 to 75 yards in width. No damage was found with this tornado, which travelled along a path for approximately 5.5 miles. After being viewed by a damage survey team, this tornado was rated as an EF-0. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Midkiff | - | High winds were also reported, although an estimate for the speed was not available. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Nickel size hail fell in 60-65 mph winds on the Midland/Upton County line. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midkiff | - | A member of the media reported 60 to 65 mph winds along with nickel size hail along the Midland/Upton County line. No damage was reported. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Midkiff | - | The Texas Department of Transportation closed a stretch of State Highway 349 just south of the Midland and Upton County line, as heavy rainfall and the resulting flash flooding inundated portions of that highway. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Hail up to the size of ping-pong balls combined with damaging winds to destroy cotton and watermelon crops, along with one farmer's irrigation system, in far northern Upton county and far southern Midland county. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Midkiff | - | The Upton County Sheriff's Office reported flash flooding along portions of Texas Highway 349 north of Rankin. The local broadcast media reported one foot of water running over Farm to Market Road 2401 just outside of Midkiff and three feet of water running over Texas Highway 349 in northern Upton County. The Texas Department of Transportation closed Farm to Market Road 1357 near Midkiff because of two feet of water running over it. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Midkiff | - | Law officials reported flash flooding resulting in high water flowing over Farm to Market Road 2401 just east of Midkiff. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Midkiff | - | Flash flooding resulted in high water flowing down city streets in Midkiff. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Reported at the Western Gas Resources Inc. Plant. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Reported just off of Highway 349. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Reported on Midland and Upton County line. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Two-inch diameter hail destroyed about 3000 acres of cotton southeast of Midkiff. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Midkiff | - | Reports from the sheriff's office. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Midkiff | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Midkiff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevenmile Corner | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| Flat Rock | 28.1 miles | 7 | |
| Rankin | 28.8 miles | 8 | |
| McCamey | 39.9 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 Midkiff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6842289 | 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 1341544. 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.