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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Parmerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 12 |
| 15 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAIL |
| 14 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | M11 FIRE |
| 13 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EDDIE DON |
| 28 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARSON |
| 28 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S&D 2 |
| 27 May 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 May 2006 | Natural | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Hail | Parmerton | - | The fire department chief in the town of Rhea reported quarter size hail. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Parmerton | - | An NWS cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail in Rhea. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Parmerton | - | No damage was reported. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Parmerton | - | Local fire department officials observed penny sized hail in Rhea. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Parmerton | - | 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 2013 | Hail | Parmerton | - | The Rhea fire department estimated golf ball size hail, lasting around six minutes. Damage, if any, was unknown. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parmerton | - | A fire department official in Rhea reported an estimated wind gust to 70 mph along with quarter size hail. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Parmerton | - | A fire department official in Rhea reported quarter size hail and damage to corn fields. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Parmerton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hub | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Friona | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bovina | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rhea | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Wilsey | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Black | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Oklahoma Lane | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Clays Corner | 14.1 miles | 8 |
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 Q122570734 | 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 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.



