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Maypearl, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Maypearl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76064. It stands on East Fork Chambers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maypearl quadrangle. 939 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 531 feet above sea level.

Maypearl within Ellis County

Population over time

2 figures

Maypearl grew from 934 to 939 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
2010934
2020939+5 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

231 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Maypearl between 2006 and 2016, burning about 1,220 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning133
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1406 WELCH
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service013-164
9 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service009-181
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service011-196
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service011-210
29 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service010-203
28 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service009-190

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this place

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maypearl in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 7 tornado. The reports record 17 injuries. 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
November 1994Thunderstorm WindMaypearl17 hurt, $5,000High winds blew down power poles at the Maypearl football stadium injuring 17 people. Power lines were blown down in Maypearl.
March 2002LightningMaypearl$200,000A lightning caused fire destroyed a home near Maypearl.
April 2021HailMaypearl$50,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in and immediately around Maypearl.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMaypearl$10,000Large tree branches and power lines were blown down due to high winds.
April 2021HailMaypearl$8,000no account filed
April 2005Tornado (F0)Maypearl$5,000Damage to outbuildings reported.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMaypearl$5,000A house was partially unroofed by high winds.
April 2002Tornado (F1)Maypearl$5,000The first Ellis county tornado touched down on Ozro Road, moved east and dissipated aftercrossing FM 157. Damage to trees, storage buildings, and roofs of homes.
April 2002Tornado (F0)Maypearl$3,000The second Ellis county tornado touched down on Hoyt Road just north of Buena Vista Road. The tornado moved northeast causing fence and tree damage before dissipating.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMaypearl$1,000Large trees were blown down by high winds.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindMaypearl$500Trees were blown down.
January 2025Flash FloodMaypearl-Emergency management reported a water rescue at the 8200 block of FM 66 just south of Maypearl.
January 2025Flash FloodMaypearl-Emergency management reported a water rescue at the 700 block of Barton Road just northwest of Maypearl.
August 2022Flash FloodMaypearl-Weakly Branch Road was closed due to high water/flooding, likely from the nearby creek.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Maypearl-Video shows a brief tornado tracking across rural land near the intersection of Old Maypearl Rd and Greathouse Rd. No damage was reported with this tornado.
April 2017FloodMaypearl-A trained spotter reported about a foot of water covering Hwy 66 approximately 4 miles south-southwest of Maypearl, TX.
June 2016Flash FloodMaypearl-Several evacuations in the city of Maypearl were reported due to rising waters from Chambers Creek.
December 2015Tornado (EF0)Maypearl-The Maypearl Volunteer Fire Department reported an observed tornado just north of the city, over open fields.
May 2014Flash FloodMaypearl-Several roads in Maypearl were impassable due to rushing flood waters.
May 2007Flash FloodMaypearl-Bee Creek Road near Maypearl and Highway 34 at FM 1181 near Ennis were closed due to flooding.
December 2004Thunderstorm WindMaypearl-Several trees were blown down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMaypearl-Unknown wind damage reported by law enforcement.
April 2002Tornado (F0)Maypearl-This tornado touched down in open country with no known damage.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMaypearl-Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn. No dollar estimate of damage was reported.
April 1997Flash FloodMaypearl-The intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 66 and Highway 308 in town was barricaded due to high water.
April 1997Flash FloodMaypearl-High water closed portions of Farm-to-Market Road 66 and several secondary roads in and around town.
May 1995HailMaypearl-Trees were blown down by high winds.
April 1994HailMaypearl-Hail up to an inch in diameter fell for 30 minutes.
May 1993Tornado (F0)Maypearl-A tornado was reported between Maypearl and Italy.
March 2023HailMaypearl-no account filed
April 2021HailMaypearl-no account filed
May 2021HailMaypearl-no account filed
April 2002HailMaypearl-no account filed
February 2000HailMaypearl-no account filed
March 2000HailMaypearl-no account filed
April 1997HailMaypearl-no account filed
April 1996HailMaypearl-no account filed
October 1996HailMaypearl-no account filed
January 1995HailMaypearl-no account filed
April 1995HailMaypearl-no account filed
October 1994Thunderstorm WindMaypearl-no account filed
October 1994HailMaypearl-no account filed
October 1993HailMaypearl-no account filed
October 1993HailMaypearl-no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindMaypearl-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis 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
Auburn3.6 miles16
Boz4.4 miles11
Griffith5.2 miles16
Five Points6.3 miles11
Bell Branch6.6 miles10
Mountain Peak6.9 miles17
Plum Grove8.2 miles10
Nelson8.2 miles9

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 MaypearlAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981718The 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 1341124. 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.