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Lockney, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79241. The Survey maps it on the Lockney quadrangle. 1,498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,278 feet above sea level.

Lockney within Floyd County

Population over time

2 figures

Lockney fell from 1,842 to 1,498 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
20101,842
20201,498-344 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lockney between 2010 and 2016, burning about 364 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/undetermined2
Natural1

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
30 July 2016Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
15 February 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined337 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
15 December 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockney in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 34 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind. 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 1999HailLockney$300,000Wind-driven baseball size hail knocked windows out of automobiles and homes.
June 2003HailLockney$100,000The Floyd County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindLockney$80,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed several center pivot irrigation systems and uprooted trees.
June 2004HailLockney$50,000Fire department reported tennis ball size hail. Automobiles were damaged and windows were broken out of several homes. Thousands of acres of crops were destroyed.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLockney$20,000Multiple reports of damaging thunderstorm winds were received over portions of western and central Floyd County around 18:00 CST. Initial Skywarn storm spotter estimated winds speeds between 60 and 70 mph were reported at Lockney between 17:50 CST and 17:55 CST. These winds downed power lines and poles and broke large tree branches. The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Floydada recorded gusts of 62 mph and 61 mph at 17:55 CST and 18:00 CST respectively. Spotters additionally estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph at McCoy near the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 54 and 3111 at 18:10 CST. The winds were intermittently accompanied by large hail.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLockney$10,000The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be in excess of 60 mph in Lockney at 20:20 CST, where the winds contributed to power outages. A street light was blown down onto power lines along U.S. Highway 70 in Muncey. At 20:25 CST a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Floydada measured a 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
September 2004HailLockney$10,000Penny to Golfball sized hail reported by Sheriff's office in Lockney.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLockney$10,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLockney$5,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindLockney$4,000Emergency management officials reported power lines and trees blown down by strong wind.
April 2023HailLockney-A public report was received of hail up to quarter size hail in Lockney.
May 2022HailLockney-Local broadcast media relayed a report of golf ball size hail in Lockney.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLockney-Law enforcement reported widespread wind damage in Lockney from a thunderstorm. Large tree limbs were downed and numerous fences were damaged.
April 2019HailLockney-No damage was reported.
April 2016HailLockney-Multiple reports, by Lockney fire department and storm chasers, of hail up to the size of golf balls were reported from Lockney to South Plains . No damage was reported.
April 2016HailLockney-A storm chaser reported quarter size hail near the hospital in Lockney. No damage was reported.
June 2016HailLockney-The fire department in Lockney reported hail up to ping pong ball size north of Lockney.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLockney-The Lockney Post Office stated winds of 50 to 60 mph blew the building doors open. Hail around one half inch also accompanied the wind. No damage was reported.
May 2013HailLockney-The public reported golf ball size hail four miles east of Lockney. Damage, if any, was unknown.
March 2011HailLockney-The public reported quarter size hail along Farm to Market Road 378 south of Lockney.
October 2011HailLockney-The public reported quarter size hail in Lockney. No damage was reported.
May 2010HailLockney-Skywarn storm spotters reported golfball size hail north of Lockney along Farm to Market Road 378. No damage was reported.
June 2008HailLockney-The public reported that pea to penny size hail was accompanied by severe thunderstorm winds at Lockney.
March 2007HailLockney-|Storm chasers reported half dollar size hail in rural areas of northwestern Floyd County.
May 2003HailLockney-Storm spotters affiliated with the Floydada Fire Department reported baseball size hail.
June 2003HailLockney-The Floyd County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLockney-The TXDOT mesonet sensor measured a 61 mph wind gust.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLockney-Hail of unknown size damaged cotton crops east of town.
May 2005HailLockney-no account filed
May 2005HailLockney-no account filed
May 2005HailLockney-no account filed
June 2005HailLockney-no account filed
June 2004HailLockney-no account filed
June 2003HailLockney-no account filed
June 2003HailLockney-no account filed
October 2003HailLockney-no account filed
April 2001HailLockney-no account filed
May 1999HailLockney-no account filed
May 1997HailLockney-no account filed
May 1997HailLockney-no account filed
May 1997HailLockney-no account filed
May 1995HailLockney-no account filed
May 1995HailLockney-no account filed
May 1995HailLockney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Aiken4.6 miles7
Muncy4.8 miles7
Sterley6.4 miles7
Cereal6.9 miles7
Sandhill9.3 miles7
South Plains9.8 miles7
Barwise9.9 miles7
Providence10.1 miles7

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 LockneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q976784The 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 1361603. 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.