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Electra, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Electra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76360. The Survey maps it on the Electra quadrangle. 2,292 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.

Electra within Wichita County

On record in Electra

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Electra fell from 2,791 to 2,292 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
20102,791
20202,292-499 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

116 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Electra between 2006 and 2020, burning about 15,183 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Power generation/transmission/distribution28
Equipment and vehicle use25
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3 MILES S ON 25
5 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWG GAS PLANT
8 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROOT PLOW
8 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution70 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2384/BYRD RD
6 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 287 #6
6 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 287 #5
5 August 2012Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROOSEVELT/DOUGLAS
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMIDWAY CHURCH ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wichita County

Storms near this place

60 of 116 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Electra in 116 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 88 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
March 2004Thunderstorm WindElectra$60,000A grain bin was damaged. The new Ag barn at Electra High School was damaged. A three car garage was destroyed. The roof of one home and signs across town were also damaged.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindElectra$25,000Part of Electra High School's FFA barn was blown down, and a garage was damaged.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindElectra$15,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindElectra$12,000Tree limbs and power lines were blown down and lying across Highway 287. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindElectra$5,000Several power poles snapped.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindElectra$4,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindElectra$2,000A few powerlines were downed.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindElectra$2,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindElectra$1,000Downed power lines in Electra.
May 2018HailElectra$1,000Also reported broken house windows.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindElectra$500A truck trailer was blown off US Highway 287.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindElectra$500Numerous trees were damaged or uprooted throughout Electra. Wind damage was also reported to roofs, outbuildings, and fences across town.
April 2026HailElectra-Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate.
April 2024HailElectra-Relayed by amateur radio.
April 2024HailElectra-MPing report.
April 2024HailElectra-MPing report.
November 2023HailElectra-Social media image showing nickel to quarter size hail. Time is radar estimated.
May 2020HailElectra-Mping report.
May 2019HailElectra-EM reports nickel size hail at Highway 25 and 287.
September 2018Flash FloodElectra-One foot of water flowing over some city streets. Report by city official.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindElectra-No damage reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindElectra-Measured near County Line Rd and Highway 287. No damage reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindElectra-Spotter reports wind damage to silo and trees between Harrold and Electra. Winds estimated 80 to 90 mph.
May 2012HailElectra-No damage was reported.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Electra-A brief tornado was observed by spotters near US highway 287 and County Line Road. No damage was reported.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindElectra-The wind gust was measured at HWY 287 and FM 2384.
October 2006FloodElectra-Moderate flooding occurred along Beaver Creek in southern Wilbarger and southwestern Wichita counties on October 15-17. Storm total precipitation amounts of 3 to 6 inches kept Beaver Creek in flood for over 2 days. Beaver Creek crested at 27.4 feet, 3.4 feet above flood stage, at 8:30 am CST on October 16, and remained above flood stage from 2:00 pm CST on October 15 until 11:45 pm CST on October 17. Some secondary roads and agricultural lands near the creek were inundated during this period.
May 2005HailElectra-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 25 and 287.
December 1999HailElectra-Hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 287 and Highway 25.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindElectra-Thunderstorms in the western part of north Texas during the morning hours on the 9th produced damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and a power pole in Electra, blew down a civil defense siren and fences, and broke off large tree limbs in Burkburnett, destroyed a storage building on the south side of Burkburnett, and knocked down several power poles, utility lines, and trees in Wichita Falls. Lightning hit an automobile just south of Burkburnett, injuring both occupants. Several chunks of pavement were broke loose and damage to the automobile was estimated at $1,000.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindElectra-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2020HailElectra-no account filed
April 2019HailElectra-no account filed
April 2019HailElectra-no account filed
April 2019HailElectra-no account filed
May 2018HailElectra-no account filed
May 2018HailElectra-no account filed
October 2017HailElectra-no account filed
October 2017HailElectra-no account filed
March 2017HailElectra-no account filed
March 2017HailElectra-no account filed
March 2017HailElectra-no account filed
May 2017HailElectra-no account filed
May 2017HailElectra-no account filed
April 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
April 2011HailElectra-no account filed
April 2009HailElectra-no account filed
April 2008HailElectra-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindElectra-no account filed
June 2007HailElectra-no account filed
May 2006HailElectra-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wichita 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
Haynesville4.3 miles12
Fowlkes5.1 miles10
Clara12.5 miles12
Kadane Corner12.6 miles7
Kamay13.2 miles7
Valley View13.6 miles7
Iowa Park14.3 miles11
Thrift17.1 miles9

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 ElectraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982042The 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 1356894. 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.