Lott, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76656. The Survey maps it on the Lott quadrangle. 644 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLott fell from 759 to 644 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 | 759 | |
| 2020 | 644 | -115 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lott between 2006 and 2017, burning about 180 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FALLS COUNTY BRUSH FIRE #1 |
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-114 |
| 16 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIKES FIRE |
| 22 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-072 |
| 16 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ODENBACH |
| 11 December 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 401 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lott in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 9 hail, 8 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Lott | $50,000 | A bridge on Highway 712 was washed out. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lott | $10,000 | Trees and a trailer were damaged. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lott | $10,000 | Strong winds removed the roof of a shed, and blew down trees and power lines. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lott | $5,000 | A large tree was blown down into some power lines by high winds. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lott | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Flood | Lott | - | An Emergency Manager relayed a report from Lott PD of high water in ditches and some water over Highway 320 just outside of the Lott city limits. Water was also reported on streets within the Lott city limits. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lott | - | Penny size hail fell in Lott. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lott | - | An 18 wheeler was blown over on HWY 77 and a tree was uprooted. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Lott | - | Numerous Farm-to-Market roads flooded in the southeastern part of the county. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Lott | - | Nickel size hail reported in Westphalia. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Lott | - | Penny size hail reported in Westphalia. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Lott | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail reported in Westphalia. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Lott | - | Route 320 underwater near Westphalia. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Lott | - | Fast moving water over Highway 77 south of Golinda. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Lott | - | Water was reported over FM 320 near Westphalia and West. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Lott | - | Widespread flooding occurred across Western Falls County. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Lott | - | Highway 320 was flooded and closed. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Lott | - | Highway 77 was reported flooded between Lott and Travis. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lott | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lott | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lott | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Lott | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Lott | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lott | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durango | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tomlinson Hill | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Travis | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Chilton | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Triangle | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dott | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Springs | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Westphalia | 7.2 miles | 13 |
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 Lott | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975857 | 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 1361858. 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.




