BlockWalcott, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hereford West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79045. The Survey maps it on the Walcott 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Walcott between 2006 and 2011, burning about 83 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIMBERLAKE 3 |
| 2 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 71 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIMBERLAKE 2 |
Storms near this place
41 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walcott in 41 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Hail | Walcott | $10,000 | Hail ranging from golfball size to hen egg size fell along Texas Highway 214. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | Wind gusts of 58mph or greater occurred for three minutes with the peak being at 909pm. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | Wind gust of 61 MPH measured at Schoolnet site at Walcott. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | Scattered thunderstorms developed across Deaf Smith County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached the town of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County), the West Texas Mesonet site eleven miles west-northwest of Bootleg recorded a 61 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | Scattered thunderstorms developed across Deaf Smith County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached the town of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County), the West Texas Mesonet site eleven miles west-northwest of Bootleg recorded a 64 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Walcott | - | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Deaf Smith County during the early afternoon hours of the 24th. As this line moved west of the town of Simms (Deaf Smith County), a member of the public reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) eight miles west of town (Deaf Smith County). After producing this hail the line of storms continued moving southwestward across the county. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | The collision of two outflow boundaries caused the development of thunderstorms over the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 14th. This allowed storms to quickly intensify slowly move southward across the southern Texas Panhandle. As the storms neared the town of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County), the West Texas Mesonet 11 miles west-northwest of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County) reported a 61 mph downburst. These storms weakening as sunset approached, and did not produce any further severe weather after sunset. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | The West Texas Mesonet site 11 miles west northwest of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County) reported a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust from a line of thunderstorms as they moved eastward across Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | The West Texas Mesonet site 11 miles west northwest of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County) reported a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust as convection moved across Deaf Smith County. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Walcott | - | A discrete supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado over northwest Deaf Smith County during the evening hours on the 28th. An eye witness on County Road RR west of Simms (Deaf Smith County) reported seeing the thunderstorm produce a funnel cloud which touched down, widened quickly, shrunk, and then lifted off the ground. A National Weather Service survey team located the path of this brief tornado and found that the tornado traveled a little over 2 miles in the 5 minutes it was connected with the ground. The max wind speed was estimated to be 80 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this tornado. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Walcott | - | A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. An off duty National Weather Service employee reported tennis ball size hail 10 miles north of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County). The supercell continued traveling in a northeastern direction which took it out of the county shortly after 10 pm. No injuries were relayed with this report. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Walcott | - | A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. A trained storm spotter reported half dollar size hail 7 miles west of Simms (Deaf Smith County). The hail accumulated up to 2 inches deep in some spots. The supercell continued traveling in a northeastern direction which took it out of the county shortly after 10 pm. No injuries were relayed with this report. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | A line of thunderstorms moved across the southwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 5th. This line took on a classic bow echo signature and produced a 59 mph wind gust at the KVII schoolnet site at Walcott School 7 miles north of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County). The line continued to move to the south-southeast across the county. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | Scattered thunderstorms over Deaf Smith County merged and intensified during the evening hours of the 17th. This intensification was brief, and as the merged thunderstorm diminished, a localized downburst of 60 mph was measured by the West Texas Mesonet 11 miles west-northwest of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County). |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | Scattered thunderstorms over Deaf Smith County merged and intensified during the evening hours of the 17th. This intensification was brief, and as the merged thunderstorm diminished, a localized downburst of 58 mph was measured by the West Texas Mesonet 11 miles west-northwest of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County). |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | A broken line of thunderstorms moved eastward out of New Mexico and into Deaf Smith County during the evening hours of the 8th. While the line was still developing, a broken segment north of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County) decayed and produced a localized downburst. The KVII Schoolnet site at Walcott School 7 miles north of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County) measured the speed of the downburst at 60 mph. After producing this downburst the line of thunderstorms filled in the decayed portion of the line and moved eastward across the county. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | A thunderstorm developed over Deaf Smith County during the evening hours of the 13th. As it moved to the southeast across the county it merged with several other developing storms. This provided a brief intensification before the core of the storm descended. The West Texas Mesonet site 11 miles west-northwest of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County) measure a 58 mph downburst wind gust which was produced as the core descended to the surface. The storm continued to weaken and was eventually ingested by another thunderstorm south of the Texas Panhandle. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Walcott | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bootleg | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Simms | 11.0 miles | 6 | |
| Westway | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Glenrio (historical) | 20.9 miles | 5 | |
| Milo Center | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hereford | 23.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ford | 25.0 miles | 6 | |
| Joel | 27.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380732. 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.