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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Antelope Creek NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Antelope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MATLOCK FIRE REKINDLE |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MATLOCK FIRE |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,104 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARRY |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARRY ROAD |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N LOOP 187 REKINDLE 2 |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N LOOP 187 FIRE REKINDLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Hail | Antelope | $20,000 | The 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 2011 | Hail | Antelope | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Antelope | $10,000 | A Jack County sheriff's deputy reported golf ball sized hail near Antelope. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Antelope | $10,000 | High 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 2025 | Hail | Antelope | - | Mping report of 1.25 inch hail south of Antelope. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Antelope | - | 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 2020 | Flood | Antelope | - | Several roads across northern Jack County remained covered in water after up to 7 inches of rain fell. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Antelope | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail near the city of Antelope, TX. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Antelope | - | A trained spotter reported ping-pong ball sized hail approximately 9 miles southwest of the city of Shannon, TX. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Antelope | - | Jack County Sheriff's Department reported flooding along Hwy 281 near the Jack/Archer County Line. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Antelope | - | Trained spotters reported the hail grew to four inches in diameter east of Antelope. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antelope | - | Reported between Antelope and Squaw Mountain. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Antelope | - | Occurred at Squaw Mountain. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antelope | - | Trees were blown down by strong winds. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Antelope | - | Half dollar size hail covered the ground. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Antelope | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Antelope | - | 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.
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 Antelope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3085070 | 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 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.




