Proffitt, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76372. It stands on Hamby Branch. The Survey maps it on the Proffitt 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Proffitt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Proffitt between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,167 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISHER RANCH |
| 18 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ED FURR (HELTON FIRE) |
| 1 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST EAST ROAD |
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EDDLEMAN + 926 |
| 2 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 380 & PROFFITT |
| 18 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020147 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Proffitt in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proffitt | $6,000 | Several trees were knocked down across the county. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proffitt | $3,000 | A collapsing thunderstorm produced a small downburst west of Newcastle near Hwy 380 and FM 578 that damaged trees, broke power poles, and blew a car off the road. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Proffitt | - | Nickel sized hail was reported 6 miles west of Newcastle on FM 926. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Proffitt | - | A brief tornado touchdown uprooted a few trees in open country., |
| May 2000 | Hail | Proffitt | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Proffitt | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Proffitt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proffitt Crossing | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Newcastle | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Belknap (historical) | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Padgett | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Murray | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| True | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Olney | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jean | 15.4 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 Q122592779 | 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 1380398. 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.



