Perico, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Texline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79087. The Survey maps it on the Perico quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Perico quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Perico quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Perico between 2008 and 2017, burning about 938 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | METCALF |
| 12 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERICO FIRE |
| 1 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE TRAILER TIRE |
| 1 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | O- RANCH |
| 25 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRICO |
| 22 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 760 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERICO FIRE |
| 28 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1879 & PERICO LN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perico in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perico | $35,000 | Video that was posted on social media shows a grain silo destroyed and laying across the south bound lane of Highway 87. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Perico | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perico | - | Several tree limbs, 1 to 2 in diameter, were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Perico | - | Accumulating hail between pea and dime size, with larger stones up to ping pong ball noted. Area roadway is covered with hail. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Perico | - | Golf ball size hail reported by weather spotters in the area. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Perico | - | Golf ball size hail fell 15 miles south of Texline. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perico | - | A grain bin was damaged and irrigation pivots flipped near Highway 102 and McAdams, 17 miles south-southeast of Texline. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perico | - | A 63 mph wind gust was measured 15 miles west-southwest of Ware. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Perico | - | Damage from this short track, small tornado included a destroyed grain silo, tree damage, a flipped center pivot irrigation system and minor roof damage to a farm house. This resulted in EF-1 rating with estimated peak winds of 87 mph. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Perico | - | Hail up to golf ball size fell 7 miles southeast of Texline. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perico | - | Tree branches 4-6 inch diameter downed by strong wind gusts. |
| November 2015 | Hail | Perico | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported 10 miles south of Texline. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perico | - | Mobile home in transit was blown off the highway. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Perico | - | Hail up to golf ball-size was reported by TV meteorologist in Dallam County. The Sheriff's Office reported quarter-size hail near the community of Bootleg. A rancher reported thunderstorm winds blew a shed apart and toppled his windmill with damage estimated at $10K. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Perico | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Perico | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corlena | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Thompson Grove | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ware | 10.3 miles | 6 | |
| Bunker Hill | 10.4 miles | 6 | |
| Texline | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Windy Hill | 11.8 miles | 6 | |
| Bolin | 15.4 miles | 6 | |
| Buffalo Springs | 15.5 miles | 7 |
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 Perico | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7168408 | 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 1382479. 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.




