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Lampasas, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lampasas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76550. It stands on Cemetery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lampasas quadrangle. 7,291 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.

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Lampasas within Lampasas County

On record in Lampasas

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lampasas grew from 6,681 to 7,291 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
20106,681
20207,291+610 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

32 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Lampasas between 2006 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
29 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 281 NORTH
28 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOMETA FIRE
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4383 N HWY 281
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 963 (11-0090)
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKEMPNER FIRE
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTIFFEMIRE
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service800 CR 1715

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lampasas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lampasas: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Milwhite QuarrySilicaPast ProducerTripoli
Road Material PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Lampasas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lampasas QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche

Every working recorded in Lampasas County

Storms near this place

60 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lampasas in 73 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 32 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 12 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 2016FloodLampasas$300,000Late newspaper reports indicated emergency personnel rescued nine people for high water after several residences were flooded by rain and heavy rain over the past few days. Approximately nine people were pulled from the flood waters. Water forced at least five additional persons to be displaced due to the flood.
May 2007Flash FloodLampasas$300,000Flooding was reported along Highways 183 and 190 near the city. Water was as high as four feet on Highway 183. Evacuations were required near Mesquite Creek. Numerous low water crossings were barricaded. About twenty apartments and several homes were damaged by high water and deemed unihabitable. Many of the residents lost most of their possessions. In addition, the School Creek Bridge was washed away, with the road closed indefinitely.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindLampasas$175,000A building on Highway 190 E, east of Lampasas, was heavily damaged by high winds. The building suffered partial roof loss and partially collapsed walls. Seven units at a nearby storage facility were also damaged by 2x6 timbers and debris from the building. Timbers were also driven into a nearby double-wide mobile home, and a window was broken out at the residence. Some timbers were sticking up out of the ground around the residence. One 50-60' tall elm tree near the home was snapped in half and fell on a car. Only minor dents were sustained to the car. Also nearby, a fireworks stand was destroyed.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindLampasas$75,000A 60 foot tall oak tree was uprooted and crashed into a residence on 4th street in Lampasas. The house was significantly damaged. Also in Lampasas, the roof was blown off a portable building at the Lampasas Middle School.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLampasas$75,000Trees were blown over and uprooted and roofs and fences were damaged.
April 2016HailLampasas$50,000Golf ball sized hail fell in the city of Lampasas.
March 2007Flash FloodLampasas$50,000Numerous roads including Highway 190 was closed with water over it. A swift water rescue was required when a woman and two toddlers were trapped with waist-high water in the house. Severals cars and trucks were stranded and the occupants needed rescuing.
June 2015Heavy RainLampasas$30,000Rain slick roads contributed to the crash of a school bus at U.S. Highway 281 and U.S. Highway 190 in Lampasas. No one was injured.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindLampasas$30,000A roof was blown off a house to the east of Lampasas. Trees were also uprooted and power lines were knocked down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLampasas$30,000There was heavy damage to Builders Mart and a brick wall was blown down onto a late model vehicle. Trees were blown down on CR 2001 on the west side of Lampasas and near Adamsville.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLampasas$25,000A manufactured home on CR 3430 suffered significant damage from straightline winds. Part of the metal roof was peeled back and removed, but the ceiling beams were still in tact. The inside was exposed and damaged by incoming rain.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindLampasas$25,000A Taco Bell sign was destroyed, the sheet metal roof of a funeral home was peeled back, a plate glass window was blown out, and numerous trees were uprooted. The weathernet site has a wind gust to 58 miles an hour.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLampasas$20,000Tree and minor roof damage was reported. Time estimated.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLampasas$10,000A county official reported a tree being blown onto a house and multiple power lines down in the eastern part of the city of Lampasas, TX.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLampasas$10,000Lampasas Sheriff's Department reported numerous trees and power lines down, causing several road blocks and power outages in the city.
June 2009HailLampasas$10,000Baseball size hail fell along Highway 281 4 miles north of Lampasas.
June 2009HailLampasas$10,000Baseball size hail fell 3 miles east of Lampasas.
May 2008HailLampasas$10,000Golfball-size hail was reported at the sheriff's office.
April 2018HailLampasas$5,000A social media picture indicated golf-ball sized hail off the north end of the runway at Lampasas Airport.
July 2008LightningLampasas$5,000Lightning struck an oak tree in a driveway, busting some of the concrete and exposing steel rebar.
May 2007Flash FloodLampasas$5,000Cars were stranded in high water downtown.
April 2006HailLampasas$5,000Golf ball-size hail reported in town.
May 2006HailLampasas$5,000no account filed
January 2020HailLampasas$3,000no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindLampasas$2,000Large limbs were knocked down and trees were uprooted in the city of Lampasas.
June 2009Flash FloodLampasas$2,000Roads throughout the city of Lampasas were being barricaded.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindLampasas$2,000The roof of a barn was blown off and trees were blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindLampasas$2,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindLampasas$2,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindLampasas$1,000Power lines knocked down.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindLampasas$1,000Powerlines were damaged by high winds.
May 2024HailLampasas-Trained spotter reported nickel hail in Lampasas.
April 2023HailLampasas-Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail on the east side of Lampasas, TX.
November 2022HailLampasas-Quarter to half-dollar sized hail was reported in Lampasas.
March 2018HailLampasas-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately one mile south of the city of Lampasas, TX along Highway 281.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLampasas-Lampasas PD reported several trees down in the city of Lampasas, TX.
April 2014HailLampasas-Broadcast media reported quarter sized hail in Lampasas.
January 2010Flash FloodLampasas-Roads were barricaded around Sulphur Creek due to a rapid rise in water.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindLampasas-A 60 mph wind gust was estimated 12 miles east of Lampasas.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLampasas-A 70 MPH wind gust was measured by amateur radio operators.
June 2007Flash FloodLampasas-Several county and secondary roads flooded.
March 2007Flash FloodLampasas-Continued flooding and barricading of a few secondary roads.
June 2005HailLampasas-Golf ball size hail reported just west of Lampasas.
July 2005Flash FloodLampasas-Several roads flooded and closed off in and around Lampasas. Cars were stranded in the flood waters.
June 2004Flash FloodLampasas-Roads were closed between highwat 190 and Highway 281. More flooding was reported south of Highwat 190 and west of Lampasas.
November 2004Flash FloodLampasas-Little Lucy Creek was flooding. High water was over east FM 581 and County Road 3500. Numerous county roads and low water crossings around Lampasas were flooded.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindLampasas-A wind gust to 69 miles an hour occurred at the Lampasas High School.
February 2000Tornado (F0)Lampasas-A brief tornado occurred at the Flying L Ranch, but no damaged was reported.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLampasas-Large trees were blown down by high thunderstorm wind.
May 1993HailLampasas-Quarter-size hail was reported the northern part of the County, by a TV-Weather Watcher.
October 1993Tornado (F0)Lampasas-The Department of Public Safety reported a tornado in the northern part of the County.
May 2021HailLampasas-no account filed
March 2014HailLampasas-no account filed
May 2007HailLampasas-no account filed
May 2006HailLampasas-no account filed
April 2006HailLampasas-no account filed
April 2006HailLampasas-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindLampasas-no account filed
May 2002HailLampasas-no account filed
March 2000HailLampasas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lampasas 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
Radio Junction1.1 miles12
Sparks Crossing2.5 miles12
Shortall5.4 miles13
Hallmark Crossing7.1 miles13
Brooks Crossing7.6 miles13
Ogles (historical)8.0 miles14
Kempner9.6 miles13
Rumley9.6 miles13

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 LampasasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981474The 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 1360911. 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.