Posey, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Slaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79364. The Survey maps it on the Slaton quadrangle. It stands 3,146 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Posey between 2006 and 2015, burning about 344 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 272 & FM 831 |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL GRASS FIRE |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 835 GRASSFIRE |
| 19 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Posey: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| H L Stafford Const Co Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Posey in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Posey | $1,000,000 | An official NWS storm damage survey confirmed significant wind driven damage from near Buffalo Springs Lake and Ransom Canyon down into Slaton. Several trees and power lines and poles were downed, along with rail cars being piled on top of one another in Slaton. The Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site northeast of Slaton measured an 82 mph gust as the line of storms passed through, while the NWS storm survey estimated wind gusts of near 90 mph associated with some of the damage. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Posey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Posey | - | A trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail at Buffalo Springs Lake. This hail was from one of several severe thunderstorms that developed off of the outflow of the initial thunderstorm in southwestern Lubbock County. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Posey | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported north of Slaton along Farm to Market Road 400. Post-storm surveys indicated that 5,000 acres of cotton were damaged. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Posey | - | A 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured by a KCBD storm chaser. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Posey | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Posey | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Posey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Springs Lake | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ransom Canyon | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Burris | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Slaton | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Roosevelt | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Woodrow | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Canyon | 7.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Posey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7233035 | 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 1365617. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.


