Soncy, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Amarillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79124. The Survey maps it on the Amarillo West quadrangle. It stands 3,730 feet above sea level.
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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Amarillo West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
199 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Soncy between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,290 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 | 113 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13059 |
| 7 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-14249 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-12943 |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1097 |
| 28 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-14035 |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1035 |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 34 |
| 9 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWO DEER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Soncy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Helium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U S Bureau of Mines Helium-Plant | Helium | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Soncy in 4 storm reports in 2007: 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2007 | Hail | Soncy | - | Reported at Interstate 40 and Arnot Road. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Soncy | - | Vehicles were reported stalled at the Instate 40 and Bell Street underpass with flowing water curb to curb. No damage was reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Soncy | - | Reported near Interstate 40 and Helium Road. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Soncy | - | Reported near Hope Road and Interstate 40 about eight miles west of Amarillo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Hills | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cliffside | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Amarillo | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bushland | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dumas Junction | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Gentry | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Juilliard | 11.4 miles | 11 |
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 Soncy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076583 | 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 1380572. 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.



