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Antelope, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jacksboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76389. The Survey maps it on the Antelope quadrangle. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.

Antelope within Jack County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

53 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Antelope between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,187 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMATLOCK FIRE REKINDLE
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMATLOCK FIRE
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2,104 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARRY
8 August 2016Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARRY ROAD
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN LOOP 187 REKINDLE 2
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN LOOP 187 FIRE REKINDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jack County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antelope in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015HailAntelope$20,000The Jack County emergency manager reported baseball sized hail east of the Antelope Community. Several roofs were damaged, and several homes and cars suffered window damage.
June 2011HailAntelope$12,000no account filed
May 2015HailAntelope$10,000A Jack County sheriff's deputy reported golf ball sized hail near Antelope.
June 2007Flash FloodAntelope$10,000High water was reported on Highway 281 near Antelope and Highway 4 near Bartons Chapel. Portions of Erwin Road were washed away into a culvert.
April 2025HailAntelope-Mping report of 1.25 inch hail south of Antelope.
May 2020Flash FloodAntelope-Many roads across the northern portions of Jack County were flooded after nearly 7 inches of rain fell from training storms. In particular, Highway 59 northeast of Jacksboro was flooded for several hours, and water was reported over Highway 281 near Jacksboro.
May 2020FloodAntelope-Several roads across northern Jack County remained covered in water after up to 7 inches of rain fell.
May 2019HailAntelope-A trained spotter reported penny size hail near the city of Antelope, TX.
March 2018HailAntelope-A trained spotter reported ping-pong ball sized hail approximately 9 miles southwest of the city of Shannon, TX.
May 2015Flash FloodAntelope-Jack County Sheriff's Department reported flooding along Hwy 281 near the Jack/Archer County Line.
May 2015HailAntelope-Trained spotters reported the hail grew to four inches in diameter east of Antelope.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Antelope-A trained spotter observed a tornado to the northeast of Loving. The tornado was observed for two minutes, and did minimal damage over open range land.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindAntelope-Reported between Antelope and Squaw Mountain.
April 2003HailAntelope-Occurred at Squaw Mountain.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindAntelope-Trees were blown down by strong winds.
June 1997HailAntelope-Half dollar size hail covered the ground.
May 2015HailAntelope-no account filed
April 2008HailAntelope-no account filed
May 2006HailAntelope-no account filed
June 2004HailAntelope-no account filed
June 2001HailAntelope-no account filed
April 2000HailAntelope-no account filed
May 2000HailAntelope-no account filed
May 2000HailAntelope-no account filed
April 1996HailAntelope-no account filed
April 1996HailAntelope-no account filed
November 1996HailAntelope-no account filed
August 1996HailAntelope-no account filed
July 1995HailAntelope-no account filed
May 1994HailAntelope-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jack County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Oakland4.5 miles9
Lynn Creek6.1 miles8
Postoak12.1 miles8
Jermyn12.3 miles8
Truce18.1 miles7
Maryetta18.5 miles7
Senate18.9 miles8
Jacksboro19.0 miles9

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 AntelopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3085070The 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 1351138. 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.