BlockTwichell, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Perryton East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79070. The Survey maps it on the Huntoon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Huntoon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Twichell in 2009, burning about 90 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 February 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS |
| 13 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TI BAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twichell in 32 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | $100,000 | Trailers totaled in Twichell, TX. Public reported and relayed by broadcast media. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Twichell | $10,000 | Person reported broken windows to house from large hail blowing in from the west. The largest hail was ping pong ball size with lots of quarters present. Vehicles received dents and tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter were blown/knocked down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Twichell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Twichell | - | Multiple roads were shut down in and around | Booker. Multiple cars became stranded on | Highway 15 west of Booker where over 2.5 | feet of water was flowing across. County | road D northwest of Booker and FM 377 also | had water flowing over the road with cars | becoming stranded. Time estimated based on | MRMS FLASH guidance. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | At 10 miles northeast of Perryton, the net covering was lifted from game pens. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | One inch tree limbs were broken. A few shingles were blown off. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Twichell | - | NWS damage survey information found that a tornado briefly touched down at 0450 pm CDT 4 miles south of Gray. The tornado was rated EF-0, and based upon broadcast media crew video of the tornado in an open field. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | Late report of high line poles down from damaging winds northeast of Perryton via sheriff. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Twichell | - | Ping pong ball sized hail reported 10 miles east of Perryton. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Twichell | - | Quarter size hail was reported one mile west of Booker. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Twichell | - | There were multiple reports from local government officials and storm spotters of this tornado developing between County Road H and County Road F, west of Booker. The tornado crossed Highway 15 near County Road 28. The tornado then continued to move northeast and passed north of Booker. Multiple power flashes were witnessed just west of town. Tree and fence damage was found near the Texas/Oklahoma state line. A rating of EF-1 was given with a maximum wind speed of 86 mph. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Twichell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalling cold front during the evening hours of the 8th. This cluster of thunderstorms moved to the south across the northern Texas Panhandle. A trained storm spotter 1 mile west of Booker (Ochiltree County) reported quarter size hail (1 inch). The storm that produced this hail continued moving to the south across the county after producing this hail. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | A thunderstorm that developed over western Beaver County during the evening hours of the 3rd took a southeast track into the northeastern Texas Panhandle. As the thunderstorm approached Booker it produced a downburst. The Ochiltree County Sheriff's Office reported that power poles and power lines were blown down 1 mile north of Huntoon (Ochiltree County). This thunderstorm would continue a southeastern track across the county. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Twichell | - | A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved across the northern portions of the northern Texas Panhandle counties. As this thunderstorm neared Booker (Lipscomb County), a trained storm spotter reported nickel size hail (0.88 inch) 3 miles west-northwest of Booker (Ochiltree County). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the northern Texas Panhandle. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | A thunderstorm that developed over western Beaver County during the evening hours of the 3rd took a southeast track into the northeastern Texas Panhandle. As the thunderstorm approached Booker it produced a downburst. The Booker Fire Department (Lipscomb County) reported that a 20 foot by 30 foot pole barn was turn upside down 1 mile northwest of Booker (Ochiltree County). This thunderstorm would continue a southeastern track across the county. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | The public reported that tree branches...up to eight inches in diameter...had been blown down. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | A trained spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts just west northwest of Booker. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Twichell | - | The tornado developed six miles west northwest of Booker and traveled southeast where it dissipated near Texas State Highway 15...six miles west of Booker. The tornado remained over open country and no damage or injuries were reported. The tornado path length and path width were estimated. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | A trained spotter reported at least sixty miles an hour winds and was forced off the road. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twichell | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Twichell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perryton | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Huntoon | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Lord | 10.0 miles | 6 | |
| Farnsworth | 14.9 miles | 6 | |
| Waka | 20.0 miles | 6 |
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 Q122565774 | 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 1380687. 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.