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Parmerton, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Friona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79035. The Survey maps it on the Parmerton quadrangle.

Parmerton within Parmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

12 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Parmerton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,581 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
25 August 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 12
15 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAIL
14 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2,000 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceM11 FIRE
13 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEDDIE DON
28 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARSON
28 May 2011Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS&D 2
27 May 2006Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 May 2006Natural1,500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parmer County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parmerton in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024HailParmerton-The fire department chief in the town of Rhea reported quarter size hail.
July 2019HailParmerton-An NWS cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail in Rhea.
May 2017HailParmerton-No damage was reported.
September 2014HailParmerton-Local fire department officials observed penny sized hail in Rhea.
May 2013HailParmerton-After the first round of severe thunderstorms drifted northeast of Friona and dissipated, the retreating dryline ignited a more robust supercell thunderstorm near Rhea. This storm produce very large hail to tennis ball size four miles north-northwest of Rhea, reported by the local volunteer fire department. Damage from the hail was unknown. Shortly after crossing into Deaf Smith County, this supercell produced a tornado followed by more instances of very large hail.
May 2013HailParmerton-The Rhea fire department estimated golf ball size hail, lasting around six minutes. Damage, if any, was unknown.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindParmerton-A fire department official in Rhea reported an estimated wind gust to 70 mph along with quarter size hail.
June 2011HailParmerton-A fire department official in Rhea reported quarter size hail and damage to corn fields.
September 2024HailParmerton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parmer 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
Hub5.4 miles8
Friona6.0 miles9
Bovina6.2 miles9
Rhea10.0 miles8
Wilsey12.0 miles9
Black12.4 miles8
Oklahoma Lane14.1 miles9
Clays Corner14.1 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122570734The 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 1380326. 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.