Hermleigh, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hermleigh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79526. The Survey maps it on the Hermleigh quadrangle. 383 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,441 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHermleigh fell from 393 to 383 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 393 | |
| 2010 | 345 | -48 (-12%) |
| 2020 | 383 | +38 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Hermleigh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Hermleigh between 2006 and 2018, burning about 338 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS |
| 2 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 |
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1673 |
| 1 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UHAUL |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REED |
| 29 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS |
| 19 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GERMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hermleigh in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 hail, 5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Hermleigh | $650,000 | A thunderstorm produced a tornado in Scurry County in and near the town of Hermleigh. The tornado touched down approximately one mile northwest of Hermleigh near the intersection of County Road 4111 and County Road 4116. The tornado snapped numerous power poles as it crossed over County Road 4111 and continued moving east northeast. As the tornado approached US Highway 84, it produced EF-2 level damage at a home and detached garage where most of the roofing material was ripped off and concrete anchorage failure occurred. Large vehicles, trailers, and other debris were scattered up to 100 yards west of this home. The tornado continued onward, crossing US Highway 84 where it impacted a trailer park. Numerous mobile homes were flipped or tossed towards the west southwest as the backside of the tornadic circulation passed over the RV park. The tornado continued moving northeast and eventually occluded on the north side of town. Peak wind speeds in the tornado were estimated to be approximately 115 mph. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Hermleigh | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermleigh | $10,000 | A thunderstorm moved across Scurry County and produced wind damage in the southeast part of the county. Straight-line winds near 85 to 90 mph ripped apart a metal barn near FM 1606 and CR 4105. Winds blew into the southeast facing opening of the building, lifting the roof and blowing out the walls. Parts of the metal roof were blown about 300 yards downwind, or northwest, of the original location of the barn. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hermleigh | $7,000 | Large hail driven by 50 mph winds broke windows and punctured holes in the side of a trailer house. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermleigh | $2,000 | A thunderstorm moved over Scurry County and produced a 60 to 70 mph wind gust in Hermleigh. Multiple tree branches were broken off trees around the city of Hermleigh, and one home had damage from wind-driven hail. The cost of damage is a rough estimate. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermleigh | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | A report of golf ball-sized hail was received from a fire department member. Time is estimated from radar. |
| April 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Hermleigh | - | A thunderstorm produced a tornado near Hermleigh, TX with multiple reports from spotters. This tornado was rated as an EF-0 and the path length and width as well as total duration were estimated. No damage was reported. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermleigh | - | A thunderstorm moved across Scurry County and produced a 70 mph wind gust three miles southwest of Hermleigh. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Hermleigh | - | A thunderstorm moved across Scurry County and produced a tornado three miles southwest of Hermleigh. A survey was conducted for this tornado by National Weather Service meteorologists, and no damage was seen during the survey so the tornado was rated as an EF-0. The path width and length were estimated since there was no damage path. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | A thunderstorm moved over Scurry County and produced quarter sized hail in Hermleigh. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | Pea to lime size hail fell in Hermleigh. No damage was reported. |
| April 2004 | Flash Flood | Hermleigh | - | Water and debris running across U.S. Highway 84. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | The Snyder Fire Department reported golfball size hail in Hermleigh. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | The public reported one-inch diameter hail damaged wheat crops near Hermleigh. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hermleigh | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Hermleigh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inadale | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| China Grove | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Dunn | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Camp Springs | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Snyder | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ira | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Union | 14.2 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 Hermleigh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q547496 | 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 1337647. 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.



