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.
Population over time
2 figuresLockney 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,842 | |
| 2020 | 1,498 | -344 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lockney quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 February 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 337 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 December 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
44 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Hail | Lockney | $300,000 | Wind-driven baseball size hail knocked windows out of automobiles and homes. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lockney | $100,000 | The Floyd County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | $80,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed several center pivot irrigation systems and uprooted trees. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lockney | $50,000 | Fire 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | $20,000 | Multiple 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | $10,000 | The 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 2004 | Hail | Lockney | $10,000 | Penny to Golfball sized hail reported by Sheriff's office in Lockney. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | $4,000 | Emergency management officials reported power lines and trees blown down by strong wind. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Lockney | - | A public report was received of hail up to quarter size hail in Lockney. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lockney | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of golf ball size hail in Lockney. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | - | Law enforcement reported widespread wind damage in Lockney from a thunderstorm. Large tree limbs were downed and numerous fences were damaged. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Lockney | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lockney | - | 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 2016 | Hail | Lockney | - | A storm chaser reported quarter size hail near the hospital in Lockney. No damage was reported. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Lockney | - | The fire department in Lockney reported hail up to ping pong ball size north of Lockney. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | - | 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 2013 | Hail | Lockney | - | The public reported golf ball size hail four miles east of Lockney. Damage, if any, was unknown. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lockney | - | The public reported quarter size hail along Farm to Market Road 378 south of Lockney. |
| October 2011 | Hail | Lockney | - | The public reported quarter size hail in Lockney. No damage was reported. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lockney | - | Skywarn storm spotters reported golfball size hail north of Lockney along Farm to Market Road 378. No damage was reported. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lockney | - | The public reported that pea to penny size hail was accompanied by severe thunderstorm winds at Lockney. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Lockney | - | |Storm chasers reported half dollar size hail in rural areas of northwestern Floyd County. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lockney | - | Storm spotters affiliated with the Floydada Fire Department reported baseball size hail. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lockney | - | The Floyd County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | - | The TXDOT mesonet sensor measured a 61 mph wind gust. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockney | - | Hail of unknown size damaged cotton crops east of town. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| October 2003 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lockney | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Muncy | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Sterley | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cereal | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Sandhill | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| South Plains | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Barwise | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Providence | 10.1 miles | 7 |
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 Lockney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976784 | The 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.



