Mobeetie, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wheeler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79061. The Survey maps it on the Mobeetie quadrangle. 87 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,641 feet above sea level.
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
- 1963 USGS Mobeetie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Mobeetie between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,559 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEE RANCH |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EDDIE DAVIS |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 94-12 |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NATHAN HEFLY |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE LEWIS |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETE SEITZ |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 572020 |
| 13 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE LEWIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mobeetie in 74 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 56 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mobeetie | $150,000 | Cattle truck was blown over by damaging winds. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Mobeetie | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | $12,000 | Hay barn reported blown two hundred yards by the high winds at County Road 9 and Farm to Market Road 1046. |
| April 2014 | Hail | New Mobeetie | $5,000 | A supercell moved over the town of Mobeetie (Wheeler County) during the early evening hours of the 20th. While over the town, a trained storm spotter reported hen egg (2.00 inches) size hail. They also reported that the hail caused damage to a residential home. The storm continued to slowly move to the southeast after producing this hail. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | $5,000 | The thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage to a center pivot system. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mobeetie | $1,000 | Hail lasted for ten minutes ending at time of call. Had some marginal hail damage to a carport. |
| November 2020 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | Light accumulations of hail were reported to cover the ground. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | Small hail completely covering the ground. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | A few quarter size stones lasting for the duration of the storm. |
| June 2019 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | Dime size hail and heavy rain was reported in Allison by a spotter. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | - | An all-terrain vehicle was moved several feet and flipped over into a pole. A motorcycle trailer was pushed off its blocks and a camper was moved a few inches. Winds were well away from the thunderstorm core and may have been related to a heat burst process. |
| May 2019 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | Late report of heavy rain and up to quarter size hail, time estimated from radar. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mobeetie | - | A carport was thrown up and over a home. A barn was destroyed. Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2018 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | Report received by the spotter network. |
| May 2018 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | Half dollar size received by spotter network. |
| May 2018 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | Hail from golf ball to hen egg size fell for 45 minutes. Report received by Facebook messenger. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | Report received from the spotter network. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Mobeetie | - | A brief tornado touchdown was observed by the Wheeler County Judge and a storm chaser in the area. The touchdown occurred in an open field with nothing known to have been damaged as a result. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | - | Large tree limbs blown down...damaging a truck. Time estimated. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | Golf ball size hail was reported 6 miles west of Wheeler. |
| April 2015 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail 5 miles east of Mobeetie. |
| August 2014 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Wheeler County during the evening hours of the 28th. As the cluster of storms neared the town of New Mobeetie (Wheeler County), a trained spotter reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) 2 miles north of New Mobeetie (Wheeler County). After producing this hail, the cluster of storms continued to move east. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | A strengthening supercell passed south of the town New Mobeetie (Wheeler County) during the early evening hours of the 20th. A trained storm spotter one mile south of New Mobeetie (Wheeler County) reported nickel (0.88 inch) size hail. The storms that produced this hail continued to slowly move to the southeast after producing this hail. |
| April 2014 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | A supercell moved over the town of Mobeetie (Wheeler County) during the early evening hours of the 20th. While over the town, a member of the public reported half dollar (1.25 inches) size hail. The storm continued to slowly move to the southeast after producing this hail. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | New Mobeetie | - | A series of thunderstorm lines moved across the southern Texas Panhandle from the evening hours of the 27th through the early morning hours of the 28th. These thunderstorms were able to tap into a highly moist atmosphere to produce periods of heavy rain. This heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of Wheeler County. The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office reported that an estimated 6 inches of water was flowing over State Highway 152 at Mobeetie (Wheeler County). This portion of the Highway was barricaded by TXDOT until the flash flooding subsided prior to 5 AM CST on the 28th. No reports of stranded motorist or swift water rescues were reported in association to this flash flooding. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalling cold front during the evening hours of the 8th. This cluster of thunderstorms moved to the south across the Texas Panhandle. A member of the Mobeetie Fire Department reported a 60 mph downburst 2 miles north of New Mobeetie. The storm that produced this downburst continued moving to the south across the county. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalling cold front during the evening hours of the 8th. This cluster of thunderstorms moved to the south across the northern Texas Panhandle. A trained storm spotter in New Mobeetie (Wheeler County) reported several tree limbs up to 12 inches in diameter blown down at a school on 5th Street (Wheeler County). The storm that produced this damage continued moving to the south across the county. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | A thunderstorm moved across Wheeler County during the afternoon hours of the 8th. One mile south of Mobeetie (Wheeler County) a trained storm spotter reported golf ball size hail as the thunderstorm moved to the northeast. |
| April 2011 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | The local law enforcement officials reported that quarter to half dollar size hail was falling. |
| June 2008 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | The public also estimated thunderstorm wind gusts between forty-three and fifty-two knots. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | - | Large amount of tree debris blocking roads in the town of Mobeetie. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | - | Report of trees uprooted. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mobeetie | - | Report of one foot diameter trees down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mobeetie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mobeetie | 1.3 miles | 5 | |
| Gageby | 9.1 miles | 5 | |
| Briscoe | 9.4 miles | 5 | |
| Bellco | 9.8 miles | 6 | |
| Wheeler | 10.2 miles | 6 | |
| Kellerville | 10.3 miles | 5 | |
| Magic City | 11.2 miles | 6 | |
| Pakan | 15.8 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 Mobeetie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978897 | 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 1363014. 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.



