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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.

Munday within Knox County

Population over time

2 figures

Munday 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,300
20201,246-54 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 2007

Regional 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
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 2007Debris and open burning640 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE HWY 277
15 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service267 FIRE
9 February 2017Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRPORT HAY FIRE
30 October 2007Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 October 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAM FIRE
21 October 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service277N FIRE
12 October 2015Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service277 S FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMunday$750,000Strong 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 2025Thunderstorm WindMunday$250,000Numerous 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 2005Flash FloodMunday$75,000At 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 2006Thunderstorm WindMunday$50,000Two trailer homes were damaged. Numerous power poles were also snapped in half. Damage occurred along and near Highway 277 between Munday and Goree.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindMunday$50,000Severe 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 1994Thunderstorm WindMunday$50,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMunday$6,000Several trees and power lines were downed. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMunday$5,000The Knox county sheriff's office reported trees were downed in Munday. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMunday$3,500no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMunday$3,000Power poles downed over highway 277 between Munday and Goree.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMunday$500The strong winds caused some tree damage.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMunday$500Power lines were also downed.
April 2025HailMunday-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailMunday-Social media image. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2025HailMunday-The report was relayed through mPING.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMunday-Large tree limbs were blown down. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2023HailMunday-MPing report.
May 2010HailMunday-The hail was reported on the northwest side of town.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMunday-The wind gust was reported on HWY 222 between Knox City and Munday.
August 2005Flash FloodMunday-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 2001HailMunday-Hail was reported on the east side of Munday.
June 1995HailMunday-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 1994HailMunday-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 2024HailMunday-no account filed
March 2018HailMunday-no account filed
May 2017HailMunday-no account filed
March 2008HailMunday-no account filed
April 2007HailMunday-no account filed
June 2007HailMunday-no account filed
May 2005HailMunday-no account filed
May 2005HailMunday-no account filed
October 2004HailMunday-no account filed
June 2003HailMunday-no account filed
June 2003HailMunday-no account filed
May 2001HailMunday-no account filed
May 1999HailMunday-no account filed
May 1999HailMunday-no account filed
March 1999HailMunday-no account filed
May 1999HailMunday-no account filed
May 1999HailMunday-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMunday-no account filed
May 1999HailMunday-no account filed
May 1999HailMunday-no account filed
June 1995HailMunday-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sunset4.8 miles7
Goree5.4 miles7
Rhineland5.8 miles7
Hefner7.5 miles7
Knox City10.6 miles7
Benjamin12.9 miles7
Vera13.1 miles7
Union Grove13.2 miles7

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 MundayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982249The 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.