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Priddy, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mullin-Priddy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76442. It lies near Becker Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Priddy quadrangle.

Priddy within Mills County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

44 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Priddy between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,804 acres in total. 2 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 use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Smoking3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOHERTZ PASTURE
25 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAMATSKIY
21 September 2013Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 218 BRIDGE
10 September 2012Smoking60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJERRY PRIDDY
7 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNIEMAN
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARRIS
24 August 2009Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAVID HENRY RANCH 3
21 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARTIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mills County

Storms near this place

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Priddy in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 34 hail, 8 flash flood, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1993HailPriddy$50,000Roof damage was reported to a school from large hail.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPriddy$25,000The combination of 70 mph winds and golfball sized hail resulted in several windows blown out of houses, minor roof damage and several trees blown over near Priddy.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPriddy$25,000Roof damage was observed on multiple homes in Priddy.
May 2016HailPriddy$5,000A public report estimated 2-inch diameter hail near the intersection of State Highway 16 and County Road 262.
May 2016HailPriddy$5,000A public report estimated 2-inch diameter hail near the intersection of State Highway 16 and County Road 262.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPriddy$5,000Peak winds of 70 mph were estimated in Priddy. Large tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter were down and other tree damage was observed.
February 2008HailPriddy$5,000Golfball-size was reported approximately two-and-a-half miles west of Priddy and just south of Democrat.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindPriddy$5,000Trees were blown across a road by thunderstorm winds.
June 2009HailPriddy$3,000Baseball size hail fell in Priddy.
June 2003HailPriddy$3,000Windshield damage from large hail.
May 2013HailPriddy$2,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in, and west of, the city of Priddy.
May 2009HailPriddy$2,000Golfball size hail fell near CR 141 near the Comanche/Mills county line.
April 2011HailPriddy$2,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPriddy$1,000Estimated winds of 60 mph were reported near CR 141 near the Comanche/Mills county line.
April 2026HailPriddy-Social media photo reported hailstones ranging from peas to nickels in Priddy, Texas.
May 2016Flash FloodPriddy-Highway 16, two miles south of Priddy was closed due to high water.
May 2013HailPriddy-Nickel hail was reported 1 mile west of Priddy, near Farm to Market Road 218 and County Road 132.
May 2013HailPriddy-Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Priddy.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Priddy-The Mills County Emergency Manager observed a tornado to the east and northeast of Priddy. The tornado occurred over open land and produced minimal damage.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Priddy-The Mills County Emergency Manager and local storm spotters observed a tornado. The tornado occurred in open land and did minimal damage to trees.
June 2009HailPriddy-Nickel size hail fell between the towns of Democrat and Priddy.
October 2009HailPriddy-Quarter size hail fell in the town of Priddy.
June 2007Flash FloodPriddy-Highway 16 and CR 218 were closed due to high water.
June 2007Flash FloodPriddy-Highways 16 and 218 were flooded near Priddy. Numerous roads near Priddy had high water.
February 2005Flash FloodPriddy-Several roads under water and barricaded across far northern portions of county, including FM 218 and Highway 16.
August 2005Flash FloodPriddy-Highway 218 closed due to water over the road.
June 2004Flash FloodPriddy-Water was over FM 218 and by 1040 AM, water was reported over FM 574 near Pecan Bayou. By 1244 PM, numerous county roads near Star and Moline were closed.
January 1998HailPriddy-Dime size hail covered the ground and was three inches deep.
October 1993HailPriddy-The Sheriff's Office reported hail up to two inches in size around the Priddy and Democrat area.
April 1993HailPriddy-The county sheriff's office reported quarter-size to 1.50-inch hail South of Priddy
October 1993HailPriddy-Roof damage was reported to a school from large hail.
October 1993HailPriddy-The Sheriff's Office reported hail up to two inches in size around the Priddy and Democrat area.
May 2013HailPriddy-no account filed
April 2004HailPriddy-no account filed
May 2003HailPriddy-no account filed
January 2002HailPriddy-no account filed
August 2002HailPriddy-no account filed
May 2001HailPriddy-no account filed
May 2001HailPriddy-no account filed
June 2001HailPriddy-no account filed
October 2001HailPriddy-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodPriddy-no account filed
January 1996HailPriddy-no account filed
May 1996HailPriddy-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodPriddy-no account filed
March 1995HailPriddy-no account filed
March 1995HailPriddy-no account filed
October 1993HailPriddy-no account filed
April 1993HailPriddy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mills 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
Democrat8.0 miles15
Caradan8.6 miles13
Mullin11.7 miles17
Bozar11.9 miles16
Villa12.7 miles17
Durenville13.0 miles14
Center City15.1 miles12
Blanket Springs15.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1344559. 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.