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Lindsay, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Muenster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76250. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville North quadrangle. 1,045 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 791 feet above sea level.

Lindsay within Cooke County

On record in Lindsay

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

Lindsay grew from 1,018 to 1,045 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
20101,018
20201,045+27 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

126 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Lindsay between 2005 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning31
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIRCLE DRIVE
15 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 327 & 306
12 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 3108
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 327
1 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 150
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2712 CR 409

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cooke County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lindsay: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Erlandson Const Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cooke County

Storms near this place

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lindsay in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 5 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
April 2011HailLindsay$75,000Multiple reports of hail between the size of nickels to baseballs was reported in Lindsay for over 20 minutes.
April 2025LightningLindsay$50,000Lightning struck a home in Lindsay, causing a small fire.
May 2015Flash FloodLindsay$50,000The Cooke County Fire Department performed water rescues on Highway 82 approximately 1 mile west of Lindsay, TX.
April 2008HailLindsay$25,000Car windows were busted out north of Sivelle Bend due to hail.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLindsay$20,000Gutters and pieces of siding were torn off a home in Lindsay. A glass table was also picked up, shattered, and blown into a pool.
April 1996Tornado (F0)Lindsay$15,000no account filed
April 2019HailLindsay$10,000A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail in the city of Lindsay, TX.
April 1996Tornado (F0)Lindsay$10,000no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F0)Lindsay$8,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLindsay$5,000Broadcast media reported a cattle trailer blown over and large trees snapped in Lindsay, TX.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLindsay$5,000Trees, power lines, and utility poles were knocked down East of Lindsay and into parts of Gainesville. The local newspaper also reported large trees down and snapped power poles at several locations in and around Lindsay.
April 2011HailLindsay$5,000Tennis ball size hail was reported 4 miles north-northeast of Lindsay.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLindsay$4,000A 63 mph wind gust was measured in Lindsay.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLindsay$2,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
January 2020Flash FloodLindsay-Highway 82 between Lindsey and Muenster was closed due to high water. Nearly 5 inches of water fell in parts of the county causing additional flooding of county roads.
April 2019HailLindsay-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail approximately 2 miles west of the city of Lindsay, TX.
May 2017HailLindsay-Fire and rescue reported quarter-sized hail near the intersection of Main Street and Pecan Street in the city of Lindsay, TX.
March 2016HailLindsay-Hail up to the size of pennies was covering the ground at FM 3108 and CR 3629 south of Lindsay.
May 2015Flash FloodLindsay-Emergency management reported a high water rescue on Highway 82 just west of Lindsay, TX. Many other roads were experiencing high water.
August 2012HailLindsay-One-inch diameter hail was reported.
April 2011HailLindsay-Quarter sized hail fell in Lindsay and northwest of Gainesville.
April 2011HailLindsay-Nickel sized hail fell on the north side of Lindsay, which is near Gainesville Municipal Airport.
May 2011HailLindsay-Half dollar sized hail was reported 1 mile southwest of Lindsay.
September 2010Tornado (EF0)Lindsay-A trained spotter reported a tornado just north of Lindsay. No damage was reported.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Lindsay-Brief touchdown just north of Lindsay. No damage reported.
June 2007Flash FloodLindsay-Numerous roads were closed near Lindsay including CR 303, CR 460, Cheney Road, and Chapparal Lane.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLindsay-Numerous trees down.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Lindsay-A brief touchdown was reported near Lindsay. No damage.
May 1997Flash FloodLindsay-Water was reported over Highway 82 between Lindsay and Muenster.
April 2015HailLindsay-no account filed
April 2011HailLindsay-no account filed
November 2006HailLindsay-no account filed
November 2006Thunderstorm WindLindsay-no account filed
April 2003HailLindsay-no account filed
May 2000HailLindsay-no account filed
December 1997HailLindsay-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLindsay-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLindsay-no account filed
April 1996HailLindsay-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLindsay-no account filed
April 1996HailLindsay-no account filed
August 1994HailLindsay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cooke 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
Gainesville4.8 miles13
Myra4.9 miles13
Cook5.3 miles13
Muenster8.2 miles13
Hood9.3 miles13
Custer City9.7 miles13
Oak Ridge9.8 miles13
Era10.3 miles8

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 LindsayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981224The 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 1361223. 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.