BlockFrom the record
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Hardeman County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 100 Mercer St., Quanah, 79252
- When was it listed? October 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Quanah
- National Register reference number. 79002951 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Quanah, Acme and Pacific Depot between 2006 and 2012, burning about 585 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 WEST (M A TO QUANAH) |
| 8 June 2011 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 104 & WOFFORD RD (MA TO QUANAH FD) |
| 25 June 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAMBY FIRE |
| 10 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE WEST - 60 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Quanah, Acme and Pacific Depot: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Acme Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Evaporite, Marine |
Storms near this property
60 of 143 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quanah, the town this property stands in, in 143 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 107 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Quanah | 1 hurt, $60,000 | This was a large tornado, observed by many persons, but only produced F1 damage. The tornado formed about 3 miles east of Quanah and tracked east-southeast for 8 miles before dissipating. As the tornado crossed Highway 287, a semi-truck, which pulled to the side of the road, was blown over. The driver sustained several injuries, requiring hopital care. Also nearby, 10 to 15 utility poles were either blown over or snapped in half, and a trailer house was destroyed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $50,000 | Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A radio station tower was blown down. Several car winds sustained damage due to flying debris. The wind speed was measured at 65 mph before power was lost. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $25,000 | A center irrigation pivot was blown over and a 30x30 foot metal carport was overturned in/near Quanah. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $20,000 | A trailer building was destroyed. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $10,000 | Power lines and power poles were blown down along U.S. Highway 287 on the east side of Quanah. The event time is estimated based on radar observations. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $10,000 | Several power lines were downed on the south and west side of town. The report was relayed by KREL. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines and blew a railroad car off its tracks. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $5,000 | Live stream video showing a semi-trailer blown over on U.S. Highway 287 just east of Quanah. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Quanah | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Quanah | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $4,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and snapped tree limbs throughout Quanah. Sustained winds of 55 mph with peak gusts to 60 mph were measured at the Quanah Fire Department. Also, a pickup truck was flipped over by the severe winds west of town. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Quanah | $2,000 | Lightning struck a transformer, causing a power outage to approximately 800 residents. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Quanah | $500 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | $500 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Quanah | - | Social media images. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Quanah | - | Time is radar estimated. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Quanah | - | Report relayed by emergency management. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Quanah | - | Mping report. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Quanah | - | No damage reported. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Quanah | - | The hail was reported near the Lazy U Ranch. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Quanah | - | Storm total precipitation amounts of 5 to 7 inches produced rural flooding along Groesbeck Creek near Quanah, TX in northern Hardeman County on October 15-17. Groesbeck Creek crested at 20.0 feet, 6.0 feet above flood stage, at approximately 6:00 am CST on October 16, and remained above flood stage from 9:00 pm CST on October 15 until 8:00 am CST on October 17. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Quanah | - | Storm total precipitation amounts of 4 to 7 inches over the Pease River basin in western north Texas generated minor rural flooding on the Pease River along the Hardeman/Foard county line and in Wilbarger County on October 16-17. The Pease River crested at 16.1 feet, 1.1 feet above flood stage, at 2:45 am CST on October 17, and remained above flood stage from 8:45 pm CST on October 16 until 6:45 am CST on October 17. This was the first crest above flood stage since June 3, 2000, and the highest crest since July 11, 1999, when the Pease River crested at a stage of 18.4 feet. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Quanah | - | Hail was observed at the intersection of Highway 104 and Hertz Road. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Quanah | - | Hail was observed near Lake Pauline at the intersection of Highway 287 and Farm to Market Road 1167. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Quanah | - | Storm chasers observed the tornado as it developed in open country and became rain wrapped. No damage was reported with this tornado. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Quanah | - | Hail was reported on the east side of Quanah. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | - | Measured at Quanah Fire Department. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanah | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Quanah | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quanah Commercial Historic District | 0.9 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002951 in Record Group 79. |
| Hardeman County | All 2 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.