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Thalia, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79227. The Survey maps it on the Thalia quadrangle.

Thalia within Foard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Thalia between 2008 and 2014, burning about 2,130 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
28 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR290
19 June 2008Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 June 2008Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 293 FIRE
25 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,920 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHALIA FIRE
5 November 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePAYBURN
22 November 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Foard County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thalia in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 17 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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
May 1999Tornado (F1)Thalia$15,000no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindThalia$10,000Barn roof and out-building damaged.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindThalia$5,000A shared image shows a power pole blown over along FM267. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2026HailThalia-The report was relayed through Spotter Network.
April 2024HailThalia-MPing report.
October 2023HailThalia-Social media video.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Thalia-The Lockett tornado was observed by storm spotters and storm chasers to have developed in eastern Foard County to the southwest of Thalia. This tornado moved east and then northeast before crossing into Wilbarger County and eventually moving through Lockett TX. In Foard County, only tree damage was observed along County Road 183, otherwise the tornado moved through open or inaccessible ranchland.
May 2018Flash FloodThalia-Four to six inches of water over roadway.
September 2016Flash FloodThalia-Foard county sheriff's office reported numerous farm to market roads closed east and south of Crowell proper, including the closing of U.S. Highway 70 between Crowell and Thalia. Up to 6 inches of water were covering the highway.
May 2015HailThalia-Delayed report of hail along highway 70 between Crowell and Thalia. Time estimated from radar. No damage reported.
April 2014HailThalia-Quarter sized hail covered the ground.
July 2010Flash FloodThalia-Highway 70 had to be closed briefly 11 miles east of Crowell due to high water.
April 2024HailThalia-no account filed
September 2023HailThalia-no account filed
May 2008HailThalia-no account filed
May 2002HailThalia-no account filed
September 2001HailThalia-no account filed
May 1999HailThalia-no account filed
May 1999HailThalia-no account filed
January 1998HailThalia-no account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindThalia-no account filed
March 1993HailThalia-no account filed
March 1993HailThalia-no account filed
March 1993HailThalia-no account filed
May 1993HailThalia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Foard 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
Rayland6.3 miles10
Margaret7.5 miles10
Crowell9.9 miles7
Foard City15.6 miles7
Vivian23.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369764. 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.