BlockMiami, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79059. It stands on Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle. 539 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,756 feet above sea level.
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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
Roberts County Courthouselisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresMiami fell from 597 to 539 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 | 597 | |
| 2020 | 539 | -58 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Miami between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,056 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 3,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RONNIE GILL |
| 12 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2020 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARTIN |
| 27 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MENDOTA |
| 13 March 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 172019 |
| 13 March 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,284 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOONE 283 |
Storms near this place
60 of 204 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miami in 204 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 144 hail, 41 thunderstorm wind, 13 tornado, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Miami - | $300,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Miami | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Miami | $65,000 | Two homes received moderate damage from the tornado while several storage sheds and a detached garage were completely destroyed. A few trees were snapped and numerous power poles were downed. No injuries or deaths were reported. One person whose home was struck by the tornado took shelter in the basement. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | $65,000 | Power poles were reported blown down and damage occurred to an irrigation system near the Farm to Market Road 2391 and 282 junction. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | $50,000 | Damage to 2 homes. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | $43,000 | An office building was overturned and a semi tractor trailer was flipped on its side. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Miami | $40,000 | Golfball to tea cup size hail caused considerable damage to vehicles...windows and roofs. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | $30,000 | Damaging downburst thunderstorm winds blew down trees...antennas...and removed roof shingles. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | $24,000 | Damage was reported at a lumberyard in the town of Miami. The damage was to an east facing lumber shed which was not open faced...but was also empty at the time. The roof was lifted off the shed which blew into power poles immediately west of the shed. The power poles were knocked down which hit a small power station causing power outages for a while throughout the town. No injuries or fatalities were reported. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Miami | $10,000 | Golfball to tennis ball sized hail fell. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | $8,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down along U.S. Highway 60 northeast of Miami. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Miami | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Miami | $3,000 | Hail dented a vehicle in extreme northwestern Roberts County. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Miami | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | $800 | A large healthy tree branch snapped. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Large healthy tree were snapped at base along HWY 70 near Chicken Creek, north of Pampa. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Carport pushed over and metal outbuilding damaged. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Miami | - | Spotter reported penny to quarter size hail. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Measured with weather instrument attached to storm chasers vehicle. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Miami | - | Wind-driven hail up to golf ball size blew out windows on north and west facing walls of a home and vehicles. This event occurred 20 miles southwest of Wolf Creek Park. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A small old wooden barn was destroyed. Sections of sheet metal were stripped off a larger barn. Several large tree limbs were broken. Several free-standing old fence posts were snapped. A large horse trailer (28 feet long) which included living quarters was flipped and pushed 8 feet. This event occurred 20 miles southwest of Wolf Creek Park. |
| November 2020 | Hail | Miami | - | Sheriff's office reported golf ball size hail with damage to vehicles. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Miami | - | Spotter noted that not much hail had fallen but the stones that he could see were the size of nickels and quarters. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Broadcast Media received a report of 59 mph wind gust from the Robert Clark Ranch. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Miami | - | Delayed report with picture, time estimated from radar. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A large tree branch 4 to 6 inches in diameter was blown down. In addition, the roof was blown off a barn. This damage occurred in the southwest part of Miami. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Late report of 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Some tree limbs were taken down as a result. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Late report from a spotter. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Miami | - | Late report from county sheriff of hail damaged vehicles due to hail the size of hen eggs. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Miami | - | Late report of quarter sized hail. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Miami | - | Hail ranging from dime to quarter size. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Post event report spotter estimated winds to be around 50 gusting 60-65. There were tree limbs down one 3 to 4 inches in diameter. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Miami | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail accumulated on Highway 60. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Miami | - | U.S. Highway 60 has flash flooding in progress with only the west bound lane passable...with hail also covering the roadway. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Winds of 70 mph occurred in the gust front in Miami. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Miami | - | Golf ball size hail was reported on Highway 60 in Miami. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Miami | - | Half dollar size hail was reported on South Kiowa Street near Highway 60 in Miami. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Miami | - | Hail at least 3 inches in diameter was reported on Farm to Market Road 1268. |
| November 2015 | Hail | Miami | - | Golf ball size hail was reported 19 miles southwest of Wolf Creek Park. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved near the town of Miami (Roberts County), the KVII schoolnet site 8 miles northwest of Miami (Roberts County) reported a 59 mph thunderstorm downburst. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Miami | - | A line of thunderstorms developed in response to a cold front moving through the southeastern Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 11th. As the line moved over the town of Miami (Roberts County), a law enforcement official reported nickel size hail (0.88 inch). After producing this hail the line continued to slowly move to the east. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A cluster of discrete thunderstorms moving across the Texas Panhandle transitioned into a broken linear structure during the late evening hours of the 6th. As this broken line of storms moved over the town of Miami (Roberts County), a storm chaser estimated a 63 mph thunderstorm downburst snapped several large branches off trees on Main Street (Roberts County). After producing this gust the line of thunderstorms continued moving eastward across the Panhandle. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A cluster of discrete thunderstorms moving across the Texas Panhandle transitioned into a broken linear structure during the late evening hours of the 6th. As this broken line of storms where near the town of Miami (Roberts County), a storm chaser 2 miles northeast of Miami (Roberts County) estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm downburst which blew trees onto the west bound lanes of US Highway 60. After producing this gust the line of thunderstorms continued moving eastward across the Panhandle. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A line of thunderstorms moved out of the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the Texas Panhandle during the late night hours of the 22nd. As the line neared the town of Miami (Roberts County), local law enforcement reported an estimated 70 mph thunderstorm downburst gust which damaged two homes. After producing this downburst gust the line continued to move to the south-southeast across the Texas Panhandle. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A squall line moved across Roberts County during the afternoon hours of the 29th. A National Weather Service employee ten miles to the northwest of Mobeetie estimated a 60 mph gust as the storm pass over their location. The storm also produced pea size hail. No damage reports accompanied this report. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Miami | - | A broken line of thunderstorms moved across the Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 27th. This line of thunderstorms was able to tap into a highly moist atmosphere which allowed the production of heavy rain. The KVII Schoolnet site at Robert Clark Ranch (Roberts County) recorded a storm total accumulation of 2.72 inches. No reports of flooding were associated to this heavy rain. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Miami | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed over Roberts County during the evening hours of the 13th. These thunderstorms moved slowly and produced heavy rain over portions of the county. This heavy rain led to a member of the public reporting minor flooding of their property west of State Highway 70 along North River Road (Roberts County). The minor flooding stayed contained to the yard and did not enter the home. This minor flooding dissipated once storm coverage diminished by 7 PM CST. No swift water rescues or stranded motorist were reported in association to this minor flooding. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Miami | - | This is the second segment of a tornado which formed ten miles south southwest of Miami just north of Texas State Highway 152 in Gray county at 0042CST. The tornado exited Gray county and entered into Roberts county at 0055CST about six miles south southeast of Miami Texas in Roberts county and exited Roberts county at 0100CST about six and a half miles south of Lora Texas, which is located on the Roberts county and Hemphill county line. The tornado traveled northeastward for about two and a half miles. The tornado was rated an EF0 as there was no report of damage in Roberts county. The tornado had a maximum width of one hundred yards. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Miami | - | A brief tornado touched down east of Texas State Highway 70 in an open field. The tornado remained over open country and no damage or injuries occurred. The path length and path width were estimated. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Miami | - | The broadcast media reported a brief tornado touchdown east of Texas State Highway 70 just south of Farm to Market Road 282. The tornado remained over open country and no damage or injuries were reported. The path length and path width were estimated. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | An amateur radio operator estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts to be near fifty-two knots northwest of Miami. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | A storm chaser estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-nine knots about ten miles north northeast of Miami. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Miami | - | The Sheriff's Deputy reported that some tree branches had been broken off. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Miami | - | Reported on State Highway 70 in northern Roberts County about four miles south of the Roberts County and Ochiltree County line. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Miami | - | Six feet of water covered Wilson Road about four miles south of the Ochiltree County line. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Miami | - | This tornado developed over open country with a path length less than one mile and path width less than fifty yards. The tornado was on the ground less than one minute and no damage or injuries were reported. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Miami | - | Reported at River Road and Lipps Road. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Miami | - | This tornado developed over open country about thirty-three miles northwest of Miami at 2028 CST. The tornado traveled northeast for about two miles before dissipating at 2032 CST. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Miami | - | Reported by amateur radio operator in Roberts county just south of the Ochiltree county line along County Road 8. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Miami | - | Two brief tornadoes reported by research meteorologists. The tornado path length and path width were estimated. There were no damage or injuries. The two tornadoes remained over open country. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lora | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Codman | 7.1 miles | 5 | |
| Parnell (historical) | 17.2 miles | 5 | |
| Wayside | 17.2 miles | 5 |
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 Miami | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q776624 | 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 1362688. 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.