Chillicothe, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chillicothe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79225. It lies near Big Valley. The Survey maps it on the Chillicothe quadrangle. 549 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
Population over time
4 figuresChillicothe fell from 1,207 to 549 between 1910 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 1,207 | |
| 2000 | 798 | |
| 2010 | 707 | -91 (-11%) |
| 2020 | 549 | -158 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Quanah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Chillicothe between 2005 and 2015, burning about 3,528 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPEAR GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVERPASS |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WAYNE HAYNES |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUTCH HALL |
| 30 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUB RODGERS |
| 20 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORBES PLACE |
| 18 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERKINS FARMS |
| 17 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERKINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 100 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chillicothe in 100 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 62 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $300,000 | Damage to buildings, trees, power poles, and other infrastructure was sustained city-wide. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Chillicothe | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $12,000 | Several power poles were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $7,500 | A tree fell over a power line in town. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $5,000 | Power lines were downed and trees uprooted on Farm to Market Road 91. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Chillicothe | $2,000 | The windshield of the police chief's car was broken by the falling hail. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $2,000 | A roof and tree were damaged. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $1,500 | A ten inch diameter tree limb was downed. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | $10 | Tree limbs ranging from eight to ten inches in diameter blocked numerous roads between Chillicothe and Medicine Mound. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | Relayed by broadcast media. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Chillicothe | - | Texas Department of Transportation reports water over Highway 287 in Chillicothe. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Chillicothe | - | Flooding north of Chillicothe on FM 2006 and FM 90. Also on FM 91 and FM 924. Up to a foot of water over roads. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Chillicothe | - | A storm chaser documented the beginning of a large and long-lived tornado in northeast Hardeman County. No damage is known to have occurred in Hardeman County. The tornado moved into Wilbarger County and eventually into Oklahoma with a total path length of 40 miles. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | The hail was reported near Holden Road on Highway 287. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | The hail was reported on FM 924. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | The hail was reported near the junction of FM 1167 and Highway 392. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | The hail was reported at Roadside Park and US 287. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | - | Wind gust was measured on Highway 287. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Chillicothe | - | A slow moving tornado was observed by storm chasers for about 30 seconds. No known damage. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | Hail was observed on south side of town. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Chillicothe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Mound | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Quanah | 12.2 miles | 10 | |
| Willowview | 12.2 miles | 10 | |
| Carnes | 15.3 miles | 11 | |
| Talbert Crossing | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Middleburg | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Acme (historical) | 16.8 miles | 10 | |
| Punkin Center | 19.4 miles | 10 |
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 Chillicothe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975508 | 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 1373085. 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.



