Thornberry, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Byers-Petrolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76305. The Survey maps it on the Thornberry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Randlett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Thornberry quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burkburnett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Thornberry between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,610 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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 | 77 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 307LINVILLERD |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 171 |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHITWOOD FIRE C/T |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Thornberry: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brannon-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1861 | |
| Castles Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gifford Hill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gilbert-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1858 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thornberry in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2007: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornberry | $300,000 | The side of a metal barn was blown out. Numerous trees blown onto roofs. A 140 foot broadband tower was blown over. Several older metal barns were also blown over. Several trees were downed. One large tree was blown on top of a house. A barn door and the roof of another home sustained damage. |
| August 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Thornberry | $10,000 | A tornado moved north near Thornberry, TX. Several large pecan trees were snapped and a number of birds were found dead. The largest pecan tree was 2 to 3 feet in diameter. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Thornberry | - | FM road 1740 was under water from the Wichita county line, northeast to FM road 2393. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Thornberry | - | This tornado initially touched down in Cotton County, 4.8 miles south-southwest of Randlett, Oklahoma (see Oklahoma tornado entry beginning at 1923 CST). The tornado crossed the Red River into Clay County 3.8 miles north of Thornberry. The tornado dissipated about a mile east of the river. This tornado caused some damage in Oklahoma but no damage was reported in Texas. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Thornberry | - | Storm total precipitation amounts of 3 to 7 inches over western north Texas and southwestern Oklahoma generated heavy runoff along the Red River mainstem and its tributaries, and produced minor flooding along the Red River in the vicinity of Burkburnett, TX on October 17-19. The Red River crested at 10.5 feet, 1.5 feet above flood stage, at 9:00 am CST on October 18, and remained above flood stage from approximately 6:00 am CST on October 17 until 12:00 am CST on October 19. Low-lying areas and agricultural lands along the Red River were inundated during this period. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Thornberry | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Thornberry | - | 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.
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 Thornberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q287930 | 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 1380658. 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.



