Crosbyton, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Crosbyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79322. The Survey maps it on the Crosbyton quadrangle. 1,492 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,022 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresCrosbyton fell from 1,741 to 1,492 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 | 1,741 | |
| 2020 | 1,492 | -249 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Crosbyton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Crosbyton between 2006 and 2014, burning about 561 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2010 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH 651 |
| 14 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWERLINE AIRPORT |
| 4 July 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT CARTER |
| 28 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 MILE EAST HWY 82 IN DITCH |
| 25 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRIDWELL RANCH |
| 12 July 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crosbyton in 74 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 46 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 2018 | Hail | Crosbyton | $500,000 | Extensive hail damage was observed in the city of Crosbyton. Many building suffered heavy roof and siding damage from wind driven hail up to the size of baseballs. Most south facing windows were shattered in town along with significant damage to vehicles. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Crosbyton | $75,000 | The Crosby County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Crosbyton | $75,000 | The Crosby County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $50,000 | Trained storm spotters reported that damaging thunderstorm winds flipped a cotton trailer and destroyed a barn near the Silver Falls Roadside Park on U.S. Highway 82 east of Crosbyton. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Crosbyton | $50,000 | The NWS Cooperative Observer in Crosbyton reported two inch diameter hail. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Crosbyton | $35,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $30,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind caused severe damage to the roofs of several houses and blew down trees and power lines in town. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $25,000 | A total of 12 power poles were damaged in Crosbyton. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $20,000 | A complex of convection produced widespread strong to severe winds over the central and southern South Plains region of west Texas during the afternoon hours of the 22nd. The public initially reported thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated to exceed 60 MPH in rural portions of northeastern Crosby County at 14:18 CST. By 14:23 CST, local law enforcement officials had reported that numerous utility poles and wires had been blown down along Farm to Market Road 651, and that electricity outages were widespread in the vicinity of Ralls and Crosbyton. Severe thunderstorm winds were observed to continue eastward over northern Crosby County during the next twenty minutes. At 14:45 CST the West Texas Mesonet site near Ralls recorded a gust up to 61 MPH. No additional damage was reported. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $15,000 | Law enforcement officials reported that thunderstorm winds broke a few utility poles in Crosbyton. The event time is estimated. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $15,000 | The Crosby County Sheriff's Office reported that damaging thunderstorm winds blew down several power poles and utility wires along Farm to Market Road 651 north of Crosbyton. A chimney was additionally blown down, damaging a nearby residence. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind downed power lines in town. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Crosbyton | $10,000 | Crosbyton Fire Department reported that a brief tornado touchdown damaged an irrigation system north of town. No NWS survey was conducted. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $5,000 | Local newspaper accounts indicated that damaging thunderstorm winds accompanied a complex of thunderstorms northeastward over portions of Crosby County. Reports suggest that a number of storage sheds were destroyed and trees were damaged between Crosbyton and Cone by winds estimated to exceed 60 mph. Event times are estimated based on Doppler radar imagery. |
| December 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Crosbyton | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported a few golf ball sized hail stones. There was partial damage to a law enforcement vehicle. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | An NWS cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail near Crosbyton. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | A cooperative weather observer reported wind damage to trees, power lines, and a roof in the city of Crosbyton. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | Crosby County law enforcement reported quarter size hail in the city of Crosbyton. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | A delayed public report was received of ping pong ball sized hail with an early morning isolated thunderstorm. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | A SKYWARN spotter observed golf ball size hail north of Crosbyton. No damage was reported. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Crosbyton shortly after 21:30 CST. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | A cluster of severe thunderstorms produced large hail that ranged in size from pennies to golfballs over western and central Crosby County. Quarter size hail was initially reported in Crosbyton at 20:25 CST. At 20:45, golfball size hail was reported both in Lorenzo and south of the city. By 20:41 CST, penny to quarter size hail was reported in Ralls. Hail fall persisted in Ralls until 21:03 CST. No damage was reported. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | Skywarn Storm Spotters reported ping pong ball size hail accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated near 70 mph in Crosbyton. No significant damage was reported. |
| May 2008 | Heavy Rain | Crosbyton | - | Heavy rainfall over eastern Crosby County resulted in ponding water over U.S. Highway 62/82 near Silver Falls. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | Skywarn Storm Spotters reported ping pong ball hail accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated near 70 mph in Crosbyton. No significant damage was reported. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | The public reported quarter size hail at White River Lake in southeastern Crosby County. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | High based thunderstorms produced locally severe winds over southern Crosby County. The West Texas Mesonet site near White River Lake measured a severe gust of 81 MPH. The extreme winds were very localized. Public reports from the lake indicated that estimated gusts did not exceed 45 MPH. No damage was reported. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | The West Texas Mesonet site near White River Lake recorded a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 64 MPH. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | Measured by the Texas Tech/West Texas mesonet station located 6 miles northwest of White River Lake. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Crosbyton | - | Storm Chaser report of a tornado which persisted on the ground for three minutes. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | Measured by the Texas Tech/West Texas mesonet station 6 miles northwest of White River Lake. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | White River Lake. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Crosbyton | - | Public report of a tornado. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet station measured a 58 mph gust 6 NW of White River Lake. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | The West Texas Mesonet station 6 NW White River Lake measured a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | The West Texas Mesonet station 6 NW White River Lake measured a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | Off-duty NWS employees reported baseball size hail. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | The West Texas Mesonet station 6 miles northwest of White River Lake measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | The public reported golfball size hail. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | A storm chaser reported quarter size hail. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | Up to three inches of rain in just one hour flooded roads in and near Dougherty in southeast Floyd County. In northeast Crosby County, small hail destroyed some cotton fields. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | As the Lubbock County storm moved across Crosby County, dime-size hail was reported near the Cap Rock Community. No damage resulted. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosbyton | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Crosbyton | - | 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 Crosbyton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981434 | 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 1355398. 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.


