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Delta County, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover 27 settlements here.

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Delta County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 227 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 27 populated places in this county; 27 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

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Drawn 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.

Land ownership map, 1889 - Delta Co
Land ownership map (1889) - Delta Co. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

27 shown

Flown 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 662 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 27 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.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-03, scale 1:70000
1949-11-03, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-03, scale 1:70000
1949-11-03, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-03, scale 1:70000
1949-11-03, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-03, scale 1:70000
1949-11-03, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-16, scale 1:17600
1964-02-16, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-08-09, scale 1:80000
1976-08-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-08-09, scale 1:80000
1976-08-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-08-09, scale 1:80000
1976-08-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000
1978-12-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-04, scale 1:80000
1978-12-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64931
1979-11-10, scale 1:64931. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64931
1979-11-10, scale 1:64931. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64931
1979-11-10, scale 1:64931. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64931
1979-11-10, scale 1:64931. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-11-13, scale 1:64545
1982-11-13, scale 1:64545. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-11-13, scale 1:64545
1982-11-13, scale 1:64545. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-11-13, scale 1:65625
1982-11-13, scale 1:65625. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-11-13, scale 1:64692
1982-11-13, scale 1:64692. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

1 station, 1 gage

The 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.

The 1950 census, district by district

18 districts

Who 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.

  • 60-1Justice Precinct 1: Cooper city: Cooper city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Fort Worth Ave. S.E., Fort Worth Ave. S.W.; City limits
  • 60-2Cooper city - That part Bounded by Fort Worth Ave. S.W.; First S.W.; City limits; City limits
  • 60-3Cooper city - That part Bounded by Fort Worth Ave. S.E.; City limits; City limits; First S.W.
  • 60-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and north of Big Creek
  • 60-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Cooper city
  • 60-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Big Creek, and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Cooper city
  • 60-7Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part north of State Hwy. 24
  • 60-8Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of State Hwy. 24, and northwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 60-9Justice Precinct 2 - That part southeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 60-10Justice Precinct 3: Pecan Gap city
  • 60-11Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of Big Creek, Unnamed road extending through Ben Franklin to junction with Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and southeast of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
  • 60-12Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Unnamed road extending from Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway through Ben Franklin to junction with Big Creek, west of Big Creek. and east of Rattan - Ben Franklin Rd.
  • 60-13Justice Precinct 3 - That part north of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, west of Ben Franklin - Rattan Rd., and north and east of Rattan - Pecan Gap Rd., outside Pecan Gap city
  • 60-14Justice Precinct 3 - That part west and south of the Rattan - Pecan Gap Rd., and west of Rattan - Ben Franklin Rd., outside Pecan Gap city
  • 60-15Justice Precinct 4: Enloe town
  • 60-16Justice Precinct 4 - That part outside Enloe town
  • 60-17Justice Precinct 5: Justice Precinct 5 - That part northeast of Lake Creek
  • 60-18Justice Precinct 5 - That part southwest of Lake Creek

Wildfire, 2003 to 2019

247 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 247 of them, burning about 3,167 acres. 6 started naturally and 6 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Equipment and vehicle use48
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service293-COOPER LAKE FIRE
11 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANTIOCH- 485
19 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use115 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePUTZ FIRE
8 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDELTA COMMISH FIRE
5 November 2008Arson/incendiarism80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKLONDIKE NORTH BRANCH - 118
30 December 2007Arson/incendiarism75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 212
18 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 107
12 October 2017Equipment and vehicle use75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORRIS FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2026

60 of 197 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 197 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 19 injuries and about $1,124,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind88
Hail75
Flash Flood25
Tornado7
Flood2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1954Tornado (F2)not stated1 killed, 8 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F2)not stated1 killed, 2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEnloe7 hurt, $150,000Thunderstorm wind damage due to 80 mph winds was observed across northern Delta County from the Enloe area to the Lake Creek area. The damage started along FM 128, extending east to just past a warehouse business near FM 1335 and Hwy 19. Damage consisted of notable tree damage and structural damage to house roofs and metal roofs. A home near FM 2675 and FM 2949N had windows broken due to wind driven hail. Several trees on the property were uprooted and/or snapped, too. Local officials reported 7 people were injured from the wind driven hail.
April 1964Tornado (F3)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCooper$150,000Widespread wind damage was reported with numerous trees and power poles blown down. Some large trees were uprooted. A downburst likely caused the damage, which had a track of about two miles long by a mile and a half wide. Several roofs were ripped off businesses and residences, and street signs and awnings were twisted. The radio tower at the Delta County Law Enforcement Center was broken in half.
April 2017HailKlondike$75,000A social media report indicated ping pong ball sized hail in the city of Klondike, TX.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Klondike$75,000Tornado touchdown between Klondike and Horton on FM 1520. The Fisherman's Motel and Marina in the Klondike area received major roof damage. Several homes had structural damage including roof damage from fallen trees. Residents of the area had no power, telephone service, or water for much of Sunday.
May 2024HailBen Franklin$60,000Spotter report of 2 inch hail in northern Delta County, along FM 128. This hail was wind-driven by 80 mph winds causing notable damage.
December 2015FloodPecan Gap$50,000Several county and farm-to-market roads remained flooded across the county after several inches of heavy rain.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindLake Creek$50,000Damaging downburst winds caused damage near the intersection of State Highway 24 and FM 198. A small barn lost most of its roof, and on the other side of the intersection, a large metal storage building also lost most of its roof. The roof was tossed about a hundred yards from the building. Part of the walls of the storage building collapsed as well. The storage building was determined to be a metal and wood frame with part of the roof partially rotted.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCooper$50,000Trees were blown down and four businesses damaged. Flooding was reported along low lying roads in the eastern part of the county after 2000C.
April 1996HailKlondike$50,000no account filed
April 2014HailCooper$40,000The Delta County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Cooper.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Creek$30,000Strong winds blew the roof and the porch off a home.
October 2002Flash FloodCooper$25,000County roads flooded southwest of Cooper.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindCooper$25,000Two cars were destroyed when thunderstorm winds blew down trees onto them.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Creek$25,000Strong winds flipped a mobile home and blew down trees.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRattan$20,000A home sustained damage on FM 64 southeast of Pecan Gap. The roof was damaged and water entered the home.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBen Franklin$20,000A large tree snapped and fell on the end of a manufactured home, damaging the roof of the home.
January 2020Tornado (EF0)Cooper$20,000A small supercell thunderstorm moved northeast into Delta County, Texas, spawning a brief tornado on the west side of the City of Cooper. The tornado formed about two blocks south of West Dallas Avenue in west Cooper, destroying a small outbuilding and causing minor roof and tree damage. The tornado moved northeast, crossing Dallas Avenue and pulling the roof and an exterior cinder block wall off of a small commercial building. Exterior siding damage also occurred to a two-story apartment complex nearby. The tornado continued toward the northeast, seriously damaging a large sheet metal cotton gin building. Minor tree and structural damage continued for approximately another 200 yards before the tornado dissipated south of State Highway 24. This tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum winds of 85 mph.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCooper$20,000The roof of a building on the west side of the square in Cooper collapsed. The incoming water broke the windows and doors, scattering debris onto Dallas Avenue.
January 2025Flash FloodHorton$10,000Emergency management reported that a car was swept off the road by high water on County Road 2065 in Horton.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCooper$10,000Large trees were knocked down at the intersection of 4th Street and Terrell Ave. Power lines were also knocked down in the city of Cooper.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCooper$10,000Two mobile homes were damaged by high thunderstorm winds.
April 2026HailHorton$7,000Report of 1.75 inch hail from mPING.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPrattville$5,000Strong thunderstorms damaged a property on Delta County Road 1120 peeling shingles off the roof, damaging outdoor furniture, peeling siding off an older home, and breaking wood paneling along a barn/garage.
January 2020Tornado (EF0)Enloe$5,000The same supercell that produced the earlier Cooper tornado moved northeast about 4 miles and spawned a second very brief tornado near Enloe, in northern Delta County. The tornado touched down in an open field just southeast of Enloe, destroying a couple of small outbuildings and scattering the debris downwind a few hundred yards. The debris pattern exhibited a subtle cyclonic orientation, implying a brief, weak tornado. The tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum winds of 75 mph.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindKlondike$5,000A trained spotter recorded a wind gust to the south of Cooper on Highway 24. Several trees were damaged in the vicinity.
April 2011HailKlondike$5,000Quarter to golfball sized hail fell in Klondike, which is approximately 4 miles southwest of Cooper.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindCooper$5,000Several trees and large limbs were blown down across the county.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindBen Franklin$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindCooper Lake$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindCooper$5,000Roofs were damaged and trees were blown down by high winds.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindCooper$5,000High winds blew the roofs off two out buildings.
May 2006HailPecan Gap$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCooper$3,000Large limbs were broken and fences were damaged.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKlondike$3,000Numerous power lines blown down and 4 inch diameter limbs broken by high winds.
January 2025Flash FloodEnloe$2,000Several roads were closed due to high water near the city of Cooper including FM 1529, FM 3388, and FM 1531.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindBen Franklin$2,000A storage shed was unroofed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCooper$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm wind.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindKlondike$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm wind.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCooper$2,000A barn was blown over by strong winds.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindCooper$2,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCooper$2,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindKlondike$2,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindCooper$2,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPecan Gap$1,000The metal covering over a house roof was partially peeled off.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCooper$500A portable sign was blown down onto a road.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindCooper$500A tree was blown down across Highway 24 on the Hunt/Delta county line.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindCooper$500A utility pole was blown down by high winds.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindHorton$500A utility pole was blown down by high winds in the extreme southwest corner of Delta County.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCharleston$100Trees and power lines were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCooper$100Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindPecan Gap$100Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down.
April 2025Flash FloodEnloe-A mPing report for flooding was received from the city of Cooper.
April 2025Flash FloodEnloe-Emergency management reported several county road closures near Cooper including the following: FM 2068, FM 128, FM 1529, and FM 71. State Highway 24 North on the southbound lanes was also closed due to flooding on the low bridge.
June 2025HailCooper-Photo received from the public of hail slightly larger than quarters just outside of Cooper.
May 2024HailBen Franklin-Spotter reported quarter-sized hail in northern Delta County along FM 128.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNeedmore-A social media picture indicated trees down near the intersection of FM 1531 and Highway 24, just south of Klondike, TX.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-A trained spotter reported trees down along Highway 19 near the South Sulphur River.

Every populated place in the county

27

Named 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.

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.