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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.

Callisburg within Cooke County

Population over time

2 figures

Callisburg 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.

YearPeople Change
2010353
2020321-32 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

250 since 2005

Regional 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 burning114
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 107 & HWY 82
29 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 111
28 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cooke County

Storms near this place

32 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2001Thunderstorm WindCallisburg$40,000An agricultural building was unroofed. Widespread reports of damage to roofs, outbuildings, fences, trees, and utility poles.
December 2022Tornado (EF0)Callisburg$30,000The 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCallisburg$25,000Emergency 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCallisburg$10,000Emergency 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 2011HailCallisburg$7,000no account filed
March 2016Thunderstorm WindCallisburg$5,000Fire and rescue reported a barn blown into a road, power poles snapped and structures damaged from Lake Kiowa up to Callisburg.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCallisburg$5,000A public report of roof damage was received approximately 8 miles northeast of Gainesville, TX.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCallisburg$2,000An 8 inch diameter tree was blown onto a road in Callisburg.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCallisburg$2,000A storm spotter reported a wind gust of 60 mph 2 miles east-southeast of Callisburg.
June 2007Flash FloodCallisburg$1,000Farm and secondary roads were flooded in the eastern part of the county.
March 2025HailCallisburg-A NWS employee reported a family member in Callisburg had mostly dime size hail with some quarter sized hail mixed in.
May 2025HailCallisburg-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCallisburg-Emergency management reported a measured wind gust of 69 mph 4 miles west of Callisburg.
May 2024HailCallisburg-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported 7 miles north of Callisburg.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCallisburg-A 71 mph wind gust was measured by a personal weather station 3 miles west of Whitesboro.
March 2023HailCallisburg-Nickel size hail was reported west of Whitesboro.
April 2019HailCallisburg-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in the city of Callisburg, TX.
April 2014HailCallisburg-A public report of ping pong ball sized hail was received in Callisburg, TX.
September 2011HailCallisburg-Nickel-sized hail was reported in Callisburg.
June 2007Flash FloodCallisburg-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 2006HailCallisburg-Marble to quarter-size hail reported.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Callisburg-Brief tornado near the Cooke/Grayson County line. No damage was reported.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCallisburg-Wind damage of an unknown type was reported by a spotter.
April 2001Tornado (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 2024HailCallisburg-no account filed
May 2021HailCallisburg-no account filed
May 2003HailCallisburg-no account filed
May 2003HailCallisburg-no account filed
April 2002HailCallisburg-no account filed
June 1998HailCallisburg-no account filed
May 1997HailCallisburg-no account filed
April 1996HailCallisburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cooke 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
Custer City2.4 miles13
Oak Ridge3.8 miles13
Balm3.8 miles12
Sturgeon4.5 miles13
Woodbine6.0 miles13
Walnut Bend6.3 miles13
Gainesville8.3 miles13
Lake Kiowa8.3 miles13

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 CallisburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q527609The 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.