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Crane, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Crane South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79731. The Survey maps it on the Crane quadrangle. 3,478 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,575 feet above sea level.

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Crane within Crane County

Population over time

4 figures

Crane grew from 1,420 to 3,478 between 1940 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
19401,420
20003,191
20103,353+162 (+5%)
20203,478+125 (+4%)

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

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Crane between 2008 and 2011, burning about 510 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined1
Natural1

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
27 June 2008Natural110 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYOLANDA
4 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRANE WEST FIRE

Every fire recorded in Crane County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crane: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crane Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Crane County

Storms near this place

60 of 114 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crane in 114 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 71 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 2 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
October 1995HailCrane$170,000no account filed
May 2015HailCrane$100,000A thunderstorm moved across Crane County and produced baseball sized hail in Crane. A damage survey was conducted the next day. Many vehicles had hail damage ranging from broken windshields to numerous dents. The majority of the damage was to vehicles, however there was damage noted at several homes. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
June 1995HailCrane$75,000The two supercells that hammered northern Pecos County moved east-northeast into southern Crane County. The first storm had golf ball-size hail in the city of Crane that lasted about 15 minutes and the second storm, which hit Tubbs Corner, had hail up to softball-size that lasted 10 minutes.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCrane$20,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed at least four utility poles along Farm to Market Road 1601 north of Texas Highway 329 in east-central Crane County. Damaging winds spread east toward Crane, where several large trees were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCrane$20,000A severe thunderstorm produced very strong winds and caused damage across the city of Crane. There were numerous reports of roof damage, carport damage, broken windows, and tree damage. An electric meter was knocked off a house and a water line was broken by a falling tree.
May 2015HailCrane$10,000A thunderstorm moved across Crane County and produced golf ball sized hail south of Crane on Highway 385. There were reports of broken windows and some damage to cars. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 2008HailCrane$10,000Quarter to golfball sized hail fell in Crane.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCrane$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Crane.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCrane$10,000The Crane County Sheriff's Office and the public reported 60 mph winds that blew down power lines.
May 2008HailCrane$10,000no account filed
October 1995HailCrane$10,000no account filed
October 1995Thunderstorm WindCrane$10,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCrane$7,000A thunderstorm moved across Crane County and produced wind damage in the City of Crane. There were downed powerlines at W. 6th Street and Katherine Street. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCrane$6,000A thunderstorm moved over Crane and produced wind damage. Utility poles were snapped inside the city limits of Crane along Highway 385. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCrane$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds at the Rio Pecos Power Plant resulted in damage to Power Unit #5.
June 2004HailCrane$5,000no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindCrane$4,000Downburst winds from a thunderstorm knocked down trees and powerlines, and caused roof damage to a few houses.
May 1993HailCrane$500no account filed
May 1993HailCrane$500no account filed
November 1993Thunderstorm WindCrane$50no account filed
May 2025HailCrane-A report from the public of tennis ball-size hail in Crane was shared on social media.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCrane-A thunderstorm produced a 69 mph wind gust at the Crane Mesonet site.
April 2021HailCrane-A thunderstorm produced ping pong to two inch hail stones near Crane, TX.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCrane-A thunderstorm produced a 58 mph wind gust near Crane at the mesonet site.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCrane-A thunderstorm produced a 61 mph wind gust ten miles south of Penwell.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCrane-A thunderstorm produced a 65 mph wind gust five miles west of Crane.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindCrane-A thunderstorm moved across Crane County and produced a 62 mph wind gust one mile north northwest of Crane.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCrane-A thunderstorm moved across Crane County and produced a 64 mph wind gust one mile north northwest of Crane at the Mesonet site.
May 2015HailCrane-A thunderstorm moved across Crane County and produced one inch hail in Roadside Park south of Crane on Highway 385.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindCrane-A thunderstorm moved over Crane County and produced a wind gust of 65 mph four miles west of Crane.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Crane-Local law enforcement relayed a trained spotter report of a tornado west of Crane. No damage was reported.
March 2007HailCrane-Marble to golfball size hail fell along U.S. Highway 385 north of Crane.
March 2007HailCrane-Penny size hail was reported on Farm to Market Road 1601 northwest of Crane.
April 2007Flash FloodCrane-Several cars were stalled in one to two feet of water at the intersection of U.S. 385 and Texas Route 329.
April 2007HailCrane-Quarter to golfball size hail fell in a swath south of Crane.
October 2007HailCrane-Penny to nickel sized hail fell at the Chevron--Warren Petroleum plant and along Texas State Highway 1053.
July 2007Flash FloodCrane-The Crane Police reported flooding at the intersection of 8th and Gaston streets. Due to the high water, the interstection was rendered impassible and therefore barricaded by the police.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCrane-A trained spotter at a petroleum plant in rural Crane county reported 60 mph wind gusts. No damage was reported.
May 2006HailCrane-Penny size hail fell two miles north of Tubbs Corner in western Crane County on Farm to Market Road 1053.
May 2006HailCrane-Golfball to baseball size hail fell along U.S. Highway 385 north of Crane.
May 2006HailCrane-Nickel size hail fell at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1053 and 1233.
August 2006Flash FloodCrane-Six inches of water was flowing over Gaston Street in Crane.
July 2005HailCrane-A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported large hail falling for over 30 minutes. At times, strong winds blew the hail horizontally.
August 2005Flash FloodCrane-Flash flooding was reported on Farm to Market Road 1233 west of Crane.
July 2005HailCrane-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported by the public.
August 2005HailCrane-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail on U.S. Highway 385 at the Crane/Ector county line.
August 2005Flash FloodCrane-The public reported over half a foot of water running across the intersection of Texas Highway 329 and Farm to Market Road 1601. The Crane county Sheriff's office reported water flowing over low water crossings across the county.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Crane-The Odessa Police Department reported a tornado (landspout) in northeast Crane County near U.S. Highway 385.A series of at least four landspout tornadoes developed as outflow from two isolated severe thunderstorms interacted with a pre-existing boundary remnant from the previous night's convection. Strong towering cumulus clouds above the boundary interactions provided sufficient vertical stretching to result in narrow dust filled vortices that visually extended toward the cloud bases. These landspouts were observed by many people in Midland and law officials in Odessa resulting in numerous reports from both public and local emergency officials.
August 2004Flash FloodCrane-Strong thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding for the second consecutive day over northeastern Crane County on the 31st. Local officials reported flood waters flowing over U.S. Highway 385 north of Crane.
August 2004Flash FloodCrane-Local officials reported one foot deep flood waters crossing U.S. Highway 385 north of Crane.
August 2004HailCrane-Golfball size hail was reported at a trailer park along U.S. Highway 385 in northeastern Crane County.
October 2004Flash FloodCrane-Local law enforcement officials reported that a fifty foot section of U.S. Highway 385 was inundated by flood waters north of Crane.
August 2003Flash FloodCrane-Flash flooding resulted in high water covering Farm to Market Road 1601 just north of the intersection with Farm to Market Road 1233.
June 2003HailCrane-Reported at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1053 and 1233.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCrane-Reported at intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1233 and 1053.
May 2002Flash FloodCrane-Up to three inches of rainfall produced flooding along Farm to Market Road 1233, between Farm to Market Road 1601 and Highway 385. A large ranch in this area also reported several ranch roads were washed out due to flooding.
March 2000HailCrane-Hail reported at FM 1233 and Fm 1601.
October 2000Flash FloodCrane-Major street flooding reported by an amateur radio operator.
April 1999HailCrane-A short line of thunderstorms developed along the dryline with one of the strongest cells moving over the city of Crane.
October 1998HailCrane-This storm developed on the south flank of the storm that went through Culberson, Reeves, and Winkler Counties. This storm took about a 290 degree track while the storm to the north moved at about 270 degrees.

Every storm recorded in Crane 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
Tubbs Corner14.2 miles8
Horsehead Crossing (historical)22.2 miles8

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 CraneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982574The 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 1355307. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.