Callisburg, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Callisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76240. The Survey maps it on the Callisburg quadrangle. 321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCallisburg fell from 353 to 321 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 | 353 | |
| 2020 | 321 | -32 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Callisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
250 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Callisburg between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7,776 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 114 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 107 & HWY 82 |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 111 |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Callisburg in 32 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | $40,000 | An agricultural building was unroofed. Widespread reports of damage to roofs, outbuildings, fences, trees, and utility poles. |
| December 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Callisburg | $30,000 | The tornado formed just northwest of the intersection of FM 371 and Cooke County Road 122, about 2 miles northwest of Callisburg. One residence just west of FM 371 sustained minor roof damage, a window broken due to a snapped tree limb, and a storage door buckled in. Substantial tree damage also occurred on the property surrounding this residence. The tornado crossed FM 371 and moved northeast through a grove of trees for approximately 400 yards. Substantial tree damage was observed within this part of the track. The tornado dissipated after transiting this grove of trees. Maximum estimated winds were 85 mph. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | $25,000 | Emergency management officials reported that several 10-inch tree limbs were dislodged from a healthy oak tree, a 30x30-foot barn door was detached, and the roof of a 12x20-foot lean-to barn was removed by thunderstorm winds just east-southeast of Callisburg. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | $10,000 | Emergency management estimated 60 mph wind gusts in the city of Callisburg. Power was reported to be out in the area. On the east side of town, a large tree blew over onto an SUV, trapping a driver, but no injuries occurred. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Callisburg | $7,000 | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | $5,000 | Fire and rescue reported a barn blown into a road, power poles snapped and structures damaged from Lake Kiowa up to Callisburg. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | $5,000 | A public report of roof damage was received approximately 8 miles northeast of Gainesville, TX. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | $2,000 | An 8 inch diameter tree was blown onto a road in Callisburg. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | $2,000 | A storm spotter reported a wind gust of 60 mph 2 miles east-southeast of Callisburg. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Callisburg | $1,000 | Farm and secondary roads were flooded in the eastern part of the county. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Callisburg | - | A NWS employee reported a family member in Callisburg had mostly dime size hail with some quarter sized hail mixed in. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Callisburg | - | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | - | Emergency management reported a measured wind gust of 69 mph 4 miles west of Callisburg. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Callisburg | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported 7 miles north of Callisburg. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | - | A 71 mph wind gust was measured by a personal weather station 3 miles west of Whitesboro. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Callisburg | - | Nickel size hail was reported west of Whitesboro. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Callisburg | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in the city of Callisburg, TX. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Callisburg | - | A public report of ping pong ball sized hail was received in Callisburg, TX. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Callisburg | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported in Callisburg. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Callisburg | - | Several roads were closed due to flooding near Callisburg, Gainesville, and Valley View, including FM 371 at FM 2986, FM 678 north of Highway 82, FM 2071 at FM 922, FM 922 east of Valley View, and Interstate 35 access roads near Gainesville. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Callisburg | - | Marble to quarter-size hail reported. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Callisburg | - | Brief tornado near the Cooke/Grayson County line. No damage was reported. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callisburg | - | Wind damage of an unknown type was reported by a spotter. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Callisburg | - | Tornado number three moved back into Cooke County approximately 6.8 miles northwest of Callisburg(3 ESE Thackerville,Ok) moved northeast and dissipated on the Texas-Oklahoma state line approximately 12 miles North of Callisburg (10 ESE Marietta, Ok) at 0315C. Damage along this part of the track was confined to trees and power lines. See national weather service Norman, Oklahoma storm data for information on the Oklahoma portion of the damage. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Callisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Callisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Callisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Callisburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Callisburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Callisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Callisburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Callisburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer City | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Balm | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sturgeon | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Woodbine | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Bend | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Gainesville | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Kiowa | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Callisburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q527609 | 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 1353567. 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.






