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Imperial, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Imperial census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79743. The Survey maps it on the Imperial quadrangle. 294 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,392 feet above sea level.

Imperial within Pecos County

Population over time

2 figures

Imperial grew from 278 to 294 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
2010278
2020294+16 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Imperial between 2008 and 2009, burning about 17 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
1 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE 5-7-09
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGR 3/18/09

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pecos County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Imperial: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine. 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
Imperial StationBromineProducerBrine
Imperial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Imperial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pecos River Dredge OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Pecos County

Storms near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imperial in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 27 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1993HailImperial$500,000The Imperial Fire Department reported baseball-size hail at Imperial. The hail caused extensive damage to the school, greenhouses, roofs and vehicles in the city. Damage is estimated at around $60,000.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindImperial$25,000Fire department officials in Imperial reported that several 250 gallon diesel tanks were blown over by severe thunderstorm winds. In addition, a trampoline was lofted by the winds and blown over a house.
June 1995HailImperial$10,000Two Supercell Thunderstorm tracked across northern Pecos County, both dumping very large hail. All reports by Imperial VFD.
September 2018Flash FloodImperial$5,000Heavy rain fell across Pecos County and produced flash flooding near Imperial. Water runoff from heavy rains had forced the closure of FM 1053 south of Imperial between FM 11 and FM 1450. It was reported that the road will be closed until damage assessments and repairs can be made. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 1993HailImperial$5,000The Imperial Fire Department reported baseball-size hail at Imperial. The hail caused extensive damage to the school, greenhouses, roofs and vehicles in the city. Damage is estimated at around $60,000.
July 1994HailImperial$5,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindImperial$3,000The damaging winds associated with this storm blew over a carport and broke large tree limbs up to 8 to 10 inches in diameter.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindImperial$1,000Downbursting winds blew shingles off houses.
October 2023HailImperial-Emergency manager reports ping pong ball size hail in Imperial.
May 2013HailImperial-A thunderstorm moved over Pecos County and produced hail up to the size of golfballs six miles southwest of Cordona Lake.
May 2013HailImperial-A thunderstorm moved over Pecos County and produced penny sized hail fourteen miles south southwest of Imperial.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Imperial-A brief tornado was reported by a trained spotter and relayed by local media. No damage was reported.
April 2007HailImperial-Nickel to golfball size hail fell in Imperial.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindImperial-Strongs winds blew large limbs off a well established tree. No other damage was reported.
August 2007Flash FloodImperial-Two feet of water was reported over Farm to Market Road 1053.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindImperial-A local deputy reported severe thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1450 and 1053.
June 2003HailImperial-Reported by a trained storm spotter on Highway 11.
September 2002Tornado (F0)Imperial-Officials in Pecos County reported a brief tornado near the city of Imperial. No damage or injuries were reported. The tornado formed as an outflow boundary interacted with a severe storm.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindImperial-Reported by the sheriff's office.
June 1995HailImperial-Two Supercell Thunderstorm tracked across northern Pecos County, both dumping very large hail. All reports by Imperial VFD.
June 1995HailImperial-Two Supercell Thunderstorm tracked across northern Pecos County, both dumping very large hail. All reports by Imperial VFD.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindImperial-The Imperial Fire Department reported downburst winds to 60 mph in Imperial.
April 2020HailImperial-no account filed
April 2019HailImperial-no account filed
May 2019HailImperial-no account filed
May 2019HailImperial-no account filed
April 2015HailImperial-no account filed
April 2015HailImperial-no account filed
May 2010HailImperial-no account filed
May 2008HailImperial-no account filed
May 2008HailImperial-no account filed
March 2007HailImperial-no account filed
June 2005HailImperial-no account filed
June 2003HailImperial-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindImperial-no account filed
May 1999HailImperial-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindImperial-no account filed
June 1996HailImperial-no account filed
June 1996HailImperial-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindImperial-no account filed
October 1995HailImperial-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pecos 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
Imperial Colonia0.3 miles8
Abell City2.4 miles8
Buena Vista5.1 miles8
Horsehead Crossing11.4 miles9
Baldridge17.3 miles8
Coyanosa19.8 miles8
Girvin21.7 miles9
Guild23.9 miles11

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 ImperialAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982143The 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 1359897. 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.