Adrian, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Adrian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79001. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,039 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAdrian fell from 166 to 128 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 166 | |
| 2020 | 128 | -38 (-23%) |
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 Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Vega quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Adrian between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,815 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18MM FIRE |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 27MM FIRE |
| 4 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKLAKE FIRE |
| 26 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 214 FIRE |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21MM FIRE |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19MM FIRE |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | I40 EAST FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 132 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adrian in 132 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 80 hail, 46 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | 1 hurt, $150,000 | Tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate 40 with one person receiving injuries. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $189,000 | Tractor trailer overturned on Interstate 40 due to the high winds and wind damage to crops in the area. Also...two pivot sprinklers sustained major damage four or five miles east of the town of Simms Texas. One pivot sprinkler was twisted and the other was completely turned over. No injuries reported. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $46,000 | Damage reported to numerous buildings with metal roofs blown off. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $20,000 | The Oldham County Sheriff's Office relayed a public report of part of a roof on a house was blown off by the thunderstorm wind gusts. There were no injuries or fatalities. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $20,000 | An eighteen wheeler was reported blown over. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Adrian | $11,000 | The large hail broke out windows on several homes on the north and west sides of Adrian. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Adrian | $10,000 | Quarter to golfball size hail fell to the west of Adrian. A house was hit with dime to quarter size hail, but the worst part of the storm stayed just west of its location. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $4,000 | A trained spotter reported that thunderstorm wind gusts had blown down a telephone pole and also a storage building was destroyed and windows were broken in a residential structure. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Adrian | $4,000 | A trained spotter reported that the large hail was breaking the windows in his home. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $4,000 | Roof blown off of a carport. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Adrian | $2,000 | The large hail broke out two windows of a home. The hail also shredded leaves off of trees and covered the ground at least an inch deep. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Adrian | $1,000 | A porch swing covering was reported to be ripped up and all foliage on vegetation was stripped. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $250 | A trained spotter reported that the thunderstorm wind gusts blew a six inch tree limb down. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Severe wind gusts started at 2017CDT and continued through 2037CDT with peak wind gust of 64mph occurring at 2031CDT. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | An outflow boundary moved through the mesonet site located six miles west-southwest of Adrian and produced a wind gust of 58mph. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Wind gusts of 58 mph or greater were measured for 5 minutes beginning at 1827CDT. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | The strongest wind gust measured was 79mph and occurred at 817pm CDT. There were multiple gusts of 60mph or greater that occurred for nearly ten minutes. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Multiple gusts in excess of 58 mph were measured by a mesonet. Maximum wind gust of 69 mph occurred at 1928 CDT. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Thunderstorm collapsed right on top of the mesonet. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | This gust was measured at the West Texas Mesonet station 11 miles south-southwest of Romero. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | A 64 mph gust was measured at the West Texas Mesonet station 11 miles south-southwest of Romero. No damage was reported. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Adrian | - | Brief touchdown on a cattle ranch in NW Oldham County launched a feeder the size of a pickup truck over 300 yards. Otherwise, the tornado remained in open country consisting of mainly grasslands. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Adrian | - | Lat report of half dollar hail. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Adrian | - | Storm chaser viewed brief tornado looking northeast from Adrian. Time of tornado was estimated by radar and video feed. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Adrian | - | Hail covering the ground. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Adrian | - | Half dollar size hail was reported 5 miles north-northeast of Adrian. Accumulation of hail was reported. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Adrian | - | Storm chasers reported a brief tornado over rural northern Oldham County. The tornado lasted for about one minute. This tornado was observed from Highway 385 just south of Boys Ranch. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Adrian | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Adrian. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Tree limbs 4 to 5 inches in diameter were reported down in Adrian from thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Adrian | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Adrian. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Scattered thunderstorms developed over Oldham County during the evening hours of the 25th. While over the city of Adrian (Oldham County), a downburst gust was estimated to be 60 mph by a member of the Adrian (Oldham County) Fire and Rescue. After producing the downburst the thunderstorms diminished. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Adrian | - | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Oldham County during the early afternoon hours of the 24th. As this line moved over the town of Adrian (Oldham County), an employee for Adrian Independent School District reported baseball size hail (2.75 inches) breaking out car windows and school windows in town (Oldham County). After producing this hail the line of storms continued moving southwestward across the county. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Adrian | - | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Oldham County during the early afternoon hours of the 24th. As this line moved east of the town of Adrian (Oldham County), a trained storm spotter reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) 3 miles east of town (Oldham County). After producing this hail the line of storms continued moving southwestward across the county. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | A line of thunderstorms moved into the southwestern Texas Panhandle from the Eastern Plains of New Mexico during the late evening hours of the 29th. As these thunderstorms moved across Oldham County, a localized downburst occurred near the town of Adrian (Oldham County). This downburst blew a drought weakened elm tree down. The line of thunderstorms that produced this downburst quickly diminished while continuing to move eastward across the southern Texas Panhandle. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | As a line of thunderstorms moved across Oldham and Deaf Smith County, tree limbs were blown down in Adrian (Oldham County). An estimation of 60 mph outflow winds from the thunderstorms was determined using radar. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | A line of near stationary thunderstorms developed over southern Oldham County during the evening hours of the 19th. These thunderstorms formed in a highly moist atmosphere which allowed the thunderstorms to produce heavy rain. This heavy rain led to flash flooding of the Interstate 40 side road with a foot of fast flowing water. Swiftly running water 3 inches deep was also reported at the intersection of 5th Street and Walnut Avenue in town. No swift water rescues or stranded vehicles were reported in association to this flash flooding. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | The hail was completely covering the ground. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | The hail was reported along Interstate 40. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | The Texas Department of Public Safety estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts about four miles east of Adrian Texas in Oldham county. There was no damage and there were no reports of injuries or fatalities. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | The hail was reported to be two to three inches deep and completely covering the ground. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | A storm chaser reported that the hail accumulated into drifts of three to four inches deep. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | A storm chaser reported that the hail accumulated into drifts of three to four inches deep. Also, two tractor trailer rigs had slid off into a ditch along Interstate 40. There were no reports of damage and there were no injuries or fatalities. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | A trained storm spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts in the town of Adrian Texas in Oldham county. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Adrian | - | An official National Weather Service Storm Survey revealed that a tornado occurred four miles northwest of Adrian Texas in Oldham county around 1937CST and was on the ground for three minutes. The tornado was rated an EF0 with winds estimated near fifty-six knots. The tornado moved south southwest with a path length of one thousand yards and a path width of one hundred yards. The tornado lifted around 1940CST between three and a half and four miles northwest of Adrian Texas in Oldham county. There was no damage and there were no injuries or fatalities. |
| December 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | A trained spotter in Boys Ranch reported 1 inch hail. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Trained spotter estimated winds at sixty miles an hour. |
| October 2000 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | Water was reported over the road one half mile east of intersection 385 and 101. The service road at mile marker 23 south of Interstate 40 was reported under water. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Adrian | - | Hail reported to be covering the ground up to two inches deep along Interstate 40. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gruhlkey | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Wimberly Place | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Landergin | 5.7 miles | 6 | |
| Boise | 11.1 miles | 6 | |
| Vega | 12.8 miles | 6 | |
| Strip Crossing | 16.7 miles | 6 | |
| Partwood Crossing | 16.9 miles | 6 | |
| Old Farm Crossing | 17.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Adrian | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982091 | 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 1350899. 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.



