Munday, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Munday census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76371. The Survey maps it on the Munday East quadrangle. 1,246 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMunday fell from 1,300 to 1,246 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,300 | |
| 2020 | 1,246 | -54 (-4%) |
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
- 1968 USGS Munday East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Munday between 2007 and 2017, burning about 657 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 640 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 277 |
| 15 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 267 FIRE |
| 9 February 2017 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AIRPORT HAY FIRE |
| 30 October 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAM FIRE |
| 21 October 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 277N FIRE |
| 12 October 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 277 S FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munday in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 28 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $750,000 | Strong wind gusts caused damage across the town of Munday with the worst damage occurring at the Munday High School. The entire roof of the field house was taken off and dropped about a half a block away. A sign on the building was destroyed. A 20 year plus old tree was downed along with many large tree limbs. Several business and the local newspaper office, The Munday Courier, sustained heavy roof damage. The newspaper building also lost a large garage door that hit another part of the building causing some structural damage. Many homes also sustained roof and tree damage. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $250,000 | Numerous confirmations of significant thunderstorm wind damage in and around the community of Munday. Damage included a large radio tower collapsed, large trees uprooted, power poles snapped and/or broken, light roof damage to multiple structures, damage to a large grain bin, and multiple windows broken. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Munday | $75,000 | At 5:50 am CST, a local law enforcement official reported that water was running into houses in downtown Munday due to localized flash flooding. Emergency management personnel in Munday assisted stranded motorists during the flash flooding, and helped rescue dogs from a local veterinarian clinic that were stranded in floodwaters up to 1.5 feet high. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $50,000 | Two trailer homes were damaged. Numerous power poles were also snapped in half. Damage occurred along and near Highway 277 between Munday and Goree. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorms moved across two areas of north Texas during the evening hours of the 17th. The first storms moved across Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Clay Counties during the evening hours of the 17th producing large hail and damaging winds. Trees were downed in Wichita Falls. The second area of severe storms caused widespread damage from near Margaret in Foard County to Munday in Knox County. One tornado occurred with this area of storms. An F2 tornado moved along a 2 mile path in the area near Crowell. This was most likely a gustnado, and moved along the leading edge of the storms. At least 4 homes were either heavily damaged or destroyed in the Crowell area. Winds estimated at 75 miles per hour moved through the Munday area. A semi truck was blown over, and homes were damaged by the strong winds |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $6,000 | Several trees and power lines were downed. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $5,000 | The Knox county sheriff's office reported trees were downed in Munday. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $3,500 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $3,000 | Power poles downed over highway 277 between Munday and Goree. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $500 | The strong winds caused some tree damage. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | $500 | Power lines were also downed. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Munday | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Munday | - | Social media image. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Munday | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Munday | - | MPing report. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Munday | - | The hail was reported on the northwest side of town. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | - | The wind gust was reported on HWY 222 between Knox City and Munday. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Munday | - | At 10:45 am CST, a local law enforcement official reported that Texas State Highway 222 was closed by floodwaters along Lake Creek, 3 miles southeast of Munday, TX. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Munday | - | Hail was reported on the east side of Munday. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Munday | - | Flash flood problems continued to escalate in western parts of north Texas as several rounds of thunderstorms moved across the area during the day on the 10th. In Wilbarger County in southwest Vernon, three feet of water flooded some homes. Just over an hour later, six other homes were flooded with six to eight inches water. Highway 183 two miles south of Vernon was flooded with one and one-half feet of water from Paradise Creek, and one foot of water covered U.S. 70 west. Finally, a bridge washed out three miles northeast of Vernon. In addition to the flash flooding, severe thunderstorm winds in Archer County downed two-inch limbs six miles southwest of Holliday, and quarter-size hail was reported two miles southwest of Munday in Knox County. After almost 10 consecutive days of thunderstorms across southern Oklahoma and north Texas, flash flooding gave way to widespread river and stream flooding. Moderate to severe river overflows affected many of the Texas tributaries to the Red River and its mainstem across western parts of north Texas. At Vernon, Wilbarger County, the Pease River spilled into northern parts of town and the Vernon State Hospital grounds as the river rose to a crest of 19.1 feet, four feet above flood stage, on the 5th. Highway U.S. 283 northward and U.S. 70 west were blocked. A barn was lost, along with several cattle. Paradise Creek covered U.S. 287 and state roads to the east and south, leaving Vernon isolated from all directions. Firefighters evacuated a dozen homes in northwest and southwest Vernon. Over 30 homes sustained minor flooding, with total damages estimated at about $375,000. In Wilbarger County, Beaver Creek below Santa Rosa Lake closed Highway U.S. 183 and threatened two homesteads near the Waggoner Ranch headquarters, and blocked FM 1181. Five county bridges were washed out or rendered unsafe, costing about $575,000 to repair. Beaver Creek crested at 33 feet on the 5th, nine feet above flood stage at a gaging site nine miles south of Electra. In Wichita Falls, Wichita County, the Wichita River caused varying degrees of minor flooding in areas around Lucy Park, including the Sheraton Hotel and Tanglewood. Three teenage boys were rescued by firefighters, from a bridge in Lucy Park. The Wichita River rose above its flood stage of 18 feet on the 8th and remained above flood stage until the 12th in Wichita Falls. The river crested twice during this time: at 18.5 feet on the 8th and at 19.7 feet on the 11th. Near Burkburnett in Wichita County, the Red River mainstem canceled activities at the Boy Scouts' Camp Perkins, with about four feet of water near its headquarters. Damages to the swimming pool, roads, and other camp facilities were estimated at $60,000. The Red River rose to a crest of 15.4 feet on the 6th, 6.4 feet above flood stage at the site three miles north of Burkburnett. In Quanah, Hardeman County, some residents of Star Street Apartments were evacuated. Highway TX 6 was closed south of town. In and near Chillicothe, Highway U.S. 287 was flooded. An tractor-semitrailer was washed off the road. Farm Rd 1167 was under 12 feet of water. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Munday | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm in the western part of north Texas during the afternoon hours on the 7th produced hail up to dime-size. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Munday | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Munday | - | 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.
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 Munday | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982249 | 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 1363481. 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.



