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Comanche County, Texas
55 topographic sheets cover 25 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 326 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 district.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 26 populated places in this county; 25 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
3Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Downtown Historic District | district | 2023 | 100009117 | |
| Captain James & Susannah Cunningham Homestead | building | 2012 | 12000999 | |
 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Depot (Frisco Depot) | building | 2017 | 100001872 |
Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps
3Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
The county from the air
29 shownFlown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,079 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 29 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
Weather records
11 stations, 4 gagesThe thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
- COMANCHE 1901 to 2014, hottest 44.4 C, coldest -16.1 C
- LAMKIN 1917 to 1920, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -16.1 C
- PROCTOR RSVR 1963 to 2026, hottest 45.0 C, coldest -22.2 C
- DE LEON 5SW 1992 to 2007, hottest 40.0 C, coldest -11.7 C
- DE LEON 4.5 W 2009 to 2026
- CARLTON 5.0 WSW 2010
- COMANCHE CO CITY AP 2011 to 2026, hottest 46.7 C, coldest -14.9 C
- COMANCHE 12.2 NW 2013 to 2021
- COMANCHE 7.0 ENE 2015 to 2026
- GUSTINE 9.8 E 2015 to 2026
- DE LEON 0.5 SSE 2021 to 2022
- Leon Rv nr Hasse, TX 1939 to 2026
- Leon Rv nr De Leon, TX 1960 to 2026
- Sabana Rv nr De Leon, TX 1960 to 2026
- Copperas Ck at FM 2247 nr Comanche, TX 2015 to 2025
The 1950 census, district by district
31 districtsWho lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
- 47-1Justice Precinct 1: city Comanche city Comanche city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Park, Oak Ave., Cole, Highland Ave., Pearl, State Hwy. 16
- 47-2Comanche city - That part Bounded by City limits; State Hwy. 16, Pearl, Highland Age., Cole, Oak Ave., Park; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Lane, Central Ave., Page, Wright Ave., State Hwy. 36
- 47-3Comanche city - That part Bounded by City limits; State Hwy. 36, Wright Ave., Page, Central Ave., Lane; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; City limits
- 47-4Comanche city - That part Bounded by Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Austin, State Hwy. 16; City limits; City limits
- 47-5Comanche city - That part Bounded by Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; City limits; City limits; State Hwy. 16, Austin
- 47-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of Sweetwater Creek, northwest of State Hwy. 16, and northeast of State Hwy. 36, outside Comanche city
- 47-7Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of Sweetwater Creek, west of State Hwy. 36, east of Comanche - Sidney Rd., outside Comanche city
- 47-8Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of Comanche - Sidney Rd. north of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Comanche city
- 47-9Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, and west of State Hwy. 16, outside Comanche city
- 47-10Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of State Hwy. 16, and north of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Comanche city
- 47-11Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, and east of State Hwy. 16
- 47-12Justice Precinct 2: Gustine town
- 47-13Justice Precinct 2 - That part northeast of State Hwy. 36, outside Gustine town
- 47-14Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 36, outside Gustine town
- 47-15Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of Resley Creek
- 47-16Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Resley Creek, and northeast of Leon River
- 47-17Justice Precinct 3 - That part southwest of Leon River
- 47-18Justice Precinct 4
- 47-19Justice Precinct 5: De Leon city: De Leon city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Texas, Bivar, Fannin
- 47-20De Leon city - That part Bounded by City limits; Fannin, Bivar, Texas; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; City limits
- 47-21De Leon city - That part Bounded by Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Texas; Old city limits, City limits; City limits
- 47-22AN/A
- 47-22BN/A
- 47-23Justice Precinct 5 - That part northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and Leon River
- 47-24Justice Precinct 5 - That part southwest of Leon River and northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside De Leon city
- 47-25Justice Precinct 5 - That part southwest of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, and north of De Leon - Sipe Springs Rd., outside De Leon city
- 47-26Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of Sipe Springs - De Leon Rd., and west of an Unnamed road and Copperas Creek
- 47-27Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of Sipe Springs - De Leon Rd., and west of Sabanna Creek, and east of Copperas Creek and Unnamed road to Sipe Springs - De Leon Rd.
- 47-28Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of De Leon - Sipe Springs Rd., southwest of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, and east of Sabanna Creek, outside De Leon city
- 47-29Justice Precinct 6: Justice Precinct 6 - That part east of Sidney - Sipe Springs Rd., and northeast of Copperas Creek
- 47-30Justice Precinct 6 - That part southwest of Copperas Creek, and west of Sidney - Sipe Springs Rd.
Wildfire, 2003 to 2020
774 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 774 of them, burning about 24,105 acres. 16 started naturally and 8 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 262 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 171 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAMKIN |
| 29 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUDLEY RANCH FIRE |
| 28 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 36 COMANCHE CO. |
| 29 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCNUT FIRE, A.K.A. SIDNEY FIRE |
| 22 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MONROE FIRE |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1950 to 2025
60 of 456 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 456 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 20 injuries and about $90,373,590 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 238 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 127 |
| Tornado | 39 |
| Flash Flood | 38 |
| Flood | 11 |
| Lightning | 2 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Gustine | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $30,000 | A car was swept into a creek near CR 370 off of FM 1702 near the Hazeldell community. An 82-year-old man was rescued. A female occupant in the vehicle drowned. Also, in Proctor, a woman drove a truck into a flooded creek at Old Fleming Road at the Proctor cut off. She was rescued by two citizens who broke the back window of the truck out. She suffered minor injuries from broken glass and some bruises. |
| October 1993 | Tornado (F2) | Duster | 12 hurt, $5,000,000 | Ten houses were destroyed, and 12 persons were injured. |
| May 1982 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1970 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1964 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 1 hurt, $250 | no account filed |
| May 1991 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | De Leon | $50,000,000 | Most of De Leon had hail damage, with insurance damage estimates of over 6 million dollars. |
| April 1990 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000,000 | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Deleon | $5,000,000 | The last three entries were due to a separate thunderstorm that had moved south from Stephens and Eastland county. Damage in Deleon was estimated at over 2.5 million dollars. |
| April 2023 | Hail | De Leon | $1,000,000 | Baseball to softball sized hail was reported in De Leon. |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F1) | De Leon | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flood | Beattie | $500,000 | Flooding continued over the northwestern portion of the county from previous rainfall. Several roads were damaged and two bridges were washed out. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Leon | $300,000 | Emergency management reported significant roof damage to a mobile home and fiberglass stairs destroyed in DeLeon. A 20 by 20 metal shed with tie-downs was blown apart with pieces moved up to 100 feet. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Comanche | $300,000 | CR 396 was impassable due to high water. Numerous other county roads were damaged by flood waters and closed. |
| May 1982 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1958 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Downing | $100,000 | Broadcast media reported tennis ball sized hail along Highway 16 north of Comanche. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | $80,000 | The Comanche County Sheriff's Office reported a roof blown off of a building in Comanche. This same storm damaged several transformers, power lines and significant tree damage. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | De Leon | $70,000 | A tornado removed the roof from a mobile home, destroyed 3 barns and downed trees. |
| April 2014 | Hail | De Leon | $60,000 | Comanche County Volunteer Fire Departments reported golf ball sized hail that was covering the ground near DeLeon. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sidney | $50,000 | A trained spotter reported hail from golf ball to tennis ball sized west of Comanche. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duster | $50,000 | Wind damage occurred to houses, and trees were blown down. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Downing | $50,000 | Wind damaged houses, and trees were blown down. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | $45,000 | Complete roof loss on a building in downtown. Also a metal shed on Highway 6 was destroyed. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | De Leon | $40,000 | Numerous roads were closed across the county due to flooding. Also, portions of a railroad track washed out, causing a train derailment the next day. Four cars fell over and the line had to be shut down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | $40,000 | A downburst blew a chicken house away, did roof damage to a barn, and blew windows out. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | $30,000 | A mobile home lost its roof and outbuildings were knocked down on CR 347, located southeast of Proctor. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Beattie | $30,000 | Baseball size hail fell just west of the town of Beattie. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Hasse | $30,000 | Highway 377/67 had water several feet deep across it and had to be closed. Also, the Arctic Glacier Ice Plant sustained damage from floodwaters on CR 2861. Ice boxes, trucks, and pickups were flooded. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | $25,000 | Large tree limbs were blown onto vehicles and power lines. A large tree was blown down at the intersection of College Avenue and North Lane Street. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburg | $25,000 | A mobile home was blown over by high thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Energy | $25,000 | Wind damage to roofs and barns was reported. |
| March 1983 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1982 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1982 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1979 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 1956 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1950 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandyke | $20,000 | An attached garage collapsed from thunderstorm winds. A car and other contents of the garage were damaged. This damage was located along TX 16 about 5 miles north of the City of Comanche. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Downing | $20,000 | Amateur radio operators reported golf ball sized hail between Comanche and DeLeon, on State Highway 16. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Leon Muni Arpt | $20,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds, likely from the RFD of a supercell, caused damage about a mile east of DeLeon along Highway 6. Tree limbs were snapped, the metal roof of a building was partially peeled back, and light poles at a baseball field were snapped or knocked down. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sidney | $20,000 | Golfball to baseball size hail fell just west of Sidney. |
| June 2007 | Heavy Rain | Comanche | $20,000 | A railroad train derailed after heavy rains caused portions of the track to wash out. Four cars fell over and the line had to be shut down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gustine | $20,000 | Two homes were damaged, and numerous trees were uprooted by high winds. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Comanche | $20,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | $15,000 | Tree damage was reported in and around Comanche. Some business signs and carports were also damaged. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Duster | $15,000 | Baseball sized hail was reported 7 miles west of De Leon; near Duster. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Leon | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees in and around De Leon. Winds were estimated at 70-80 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche Co Arpt | $15,000 | Damaging downburst winds hit a home 2 miles outside the city of Comanche, ripping off most of the roof and uprooting a large mulberry tree. The tree fell across the garage. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | $15,000 | Large oak trees were snapped approximately 2/3 of the way up and an outbuilding was blown away. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | $15,000 | A number of barns and sheds had roofs ripped off in the Edna Hill area. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Energy | $15,000 | Several barns were blown away by high winds. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Proctor | $11,000 | Reported via mPING south of Dublin. |
| June 2025 | Lightning | Pettit | $10,000 | A home was struck by lightning and set on fire on County Road 286 in Lamkin. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Downing | $10,000 | A social media picture indicated tennis ball sized hail between Comanche and De Leon. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watson | $10,000 | The metal siding and roof of a large barn was partially torn off. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a house roof a half mile south of Sidney. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Duster | $10,000 | Softball sized hail smashed at least one windshield in Duster. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Rucker | $10,000 | Comanche County Volunteer Fire Departments reported golf ball sized hail near the community of Rucker. |
Mines and quarries
2 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Fire Clay (Refractory) | 1 |
| Clay | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Leon Brick Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
Every populated place in the county
26Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Comanche
Comanche census division · 76442 · On Horse Creek · Comanche quadrangle
13 sheets, 1889 to 1985
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Gustine
Gustine census division · 76455 · On Holmsley Creek · Gustine quadrangle
13 sheets, 1888 to 1985
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Hazeldell
Gustine census division · 76446 · On Mackey Branch · Edna Hill quadrangle
14 sheets, 1888 to 1985
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Newburg
Comanche census division · 76442 · On Mercer Creek · Newburg quadrangle
13 sheets, 1889 to 1985
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Sidney
Comanche census division · 76474 · On Rabbit Creek · Sidney quadrangle
13 sheets, 1889 to 1985
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Sipe Springs
De Leon census division · 76442 · On Sipe Springs Creek · Sipe Springs quadrangle
13 sheets, 1894 to 1985
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Stag Creek
Comanche census division · 76442 · On Stag Creek · Sipe Springs quadrangle
13 sheets, 1894 to 1985
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Vandyke
Comanche census division · 76442 · On Duncan Creek · Comanche quadrangle
13 sheets, 1889 to 1985
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Wilson
Gustine census division · 76436 · On Salt Branch · Edna Hill quadrangle
14 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.