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Itasca, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Itasca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76055. The Survey maps it on the Itasca quadrangle. 1,562 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Itasca within Hill County

On record in Itasca

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

Itasca fell from 1,644 to 1,562 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
20101,644
20201,562-82 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

206 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Itasca between 2008 and 2020, burning about 862 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Equipment and vehicle use29
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking8
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35 -8MM
7 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service159
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service203
29 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHCR 4135
29 September 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 934
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHCR 4281
26 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service171

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hill County

Storms near this place

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Itasca in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 28 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
April 2012HailItasca$700,000Tennis ball sized hail fell in Itasca. The local newspaper reported that cars, houses, and buildings were damaged from the large hail. The hail that fell across the county also damaged the wheat crop.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindItasca$50,000The emergency manager reported thunderstorm wind damage to roofs and businesses in Itasca. One person was injured by a falling tree.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindItasca$50,000A house was unroofed and several mobile homes were blown over.
April 2014HailItasca$40,000Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail in Itasca.
March 2007Flash FloodItasca$40,000Many streets in Itasca and Hillsboro were closed due to flooding. Five homes and three bridges were damaged by the floodwaters, and eight high water rescues were required.
April 2011HailItasca$35,000The COOP Observer in Itasca reported hail stones up to 3.5 inches in diameter.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindItasca$30,000A tractor-trailer was overturned on Interstate 35W between mile markers 7 & 8.
April 2011HailItasca$25,000no account filed
May 2024HailItasca$20,000Public reported tennis ball, then baseball, size hail between Itasca and Hillsboro.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindItasca$20,000Signs and power lines were blown down.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindItasca$20,000High winds caused damage to the roofs of three businesses.
April 2026HailItasca$19,000Trained spotter reported a measured 3.25 inch hailstone in Itasca, via photo.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindItasca$15,000One house unroofed, several fences were blown down, and several trees were blown down.
April 2026HailItasca$13,000Report of 2.5 inch hail from mPING.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindItasca$12,000The roof and sides of a large metal barn used as a storage shed and workshop were torn off in the Itasca area. The beams of barn were made of wood.
April 2015HailItasca$10,000The roof of the Precinct 4 barn was damaged by hail and had to be repaired.
April 2011HailItasca$10,000A storm chaser observed tennis ball sized hail just west of Itasca.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindItasca$5,000Power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 2018HailItasca$4,000Quarter size hail at interstate 35 and CR 67.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindItasca$4,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
April 2004Flash FloodItasca$2,000FM 934 near Osceola was flooded and the northbound side of Interstate 35 at mile marker 359 flooded.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindItasca$2,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindItasca$2,000no account filed
September 2009Thunderstorm WindItasca$1,000Trees and 4 tree limbs were reported down in Itasca. Power lines were also down.
May 2024HailItasca-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
April 2011HailItasca-Quarter size hail fell along Interstate 35W at mile marker 11 near Itasca.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Itasca-A NWS Storm Survey determined an EF-0 tornado occurred 2 miles south-southeast of Itasca. This tornado had a path length of approximately 0.7 miles and an estimated width of 30 yards. Mostly tree damage occurred with this tornado and winds were estimated at 75 mph. The tornado was described as small and rope-like.
March 2008Flash FloodItasca-Highway 81 south of Itasca and FM 933 near the intersection of FM 934 were under water.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindItasca-Power lines were blown down by high winds.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Itasca-A brief touchdown was reported.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindItasca-Thunderstorm winds downed trees. No dollar estimate of damage was reported.
April 1995HailItasca-Street flooding was reported in Itasca.
April 1995HailItasca-Highway 22 east of Hillsboro was closed due to flooding. Several Farm-to-Market roads in the area were also flooded.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindItasca-Power lines and 18 to 20 trees were blown down by high winds.
April 2011HailItasca-no account filed
April 2006HailItasca-no account filed
December 2002HailItasca-no account filed
May 2001HailItasca-no account filed
March 2000HailItasca-no account filed
April 1998HailItasca-no account filed
March 1998HailItasca-no account filed
October 1996HailItasca-no account filed
October 1996HailItasca-no account filed
January 1995HailItasca-no account filed
January 1995HailItasca-no account filed
April 1995HailItasca-no account filed
October 1994HailItasca-no account filed
October 1993HailItasca-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hill 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
Osceola4.6 miles14
Mayfield4.9 miles15
Lovelace5.0 miles15
Mountain View5.1 miles15
Files Valley5.8 miles15
Covington5.9 miles17
Carls Corner7.4 miles15
Grub Hill8.5 miles17

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 ItascaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q969576The 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 1338519. 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.