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Moore, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Moore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78057. The Survey maps it on the Moore quadrangle. 610 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

Moore within Frio County

Population over time

3 figures

Moore fell from 644 to 610 between 2000 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
2000644
2010475-169 (-26%)
2020610+135 (+28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

97 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Moore between 2005 and 2020, burning about 772 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35 MM 109
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBERRY RANCH FIRE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDISASSEMBLED
29 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service9732 FM 2779
29 September 2008Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35 SB@ MM 117
15 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3140 W FM 462

Every fire recorded in Frio County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moore in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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
February 1998Thunderstorm WindMoore$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage between Moore and Big Foot, destroying a grainery at Moore and a shed at Big Foot.
August 2022Tornado (EF0)Moore$50,000A small EF0 tornado formed as a cluster of storms was moving northward through northern Frio County. An NWS damage survey found a small tornado touched down along CR 2537 on the south side of Moore and then moved NW for about a quarter mile before dissipating. Two residences on CR 2537 have roof damage, along with several trees that were damaged. A neighboring property across the street had its fence blown down. Several items from the properties were thrown about a 100 yards. As the tornado moved quickly to the NW, it appears to have dissipated along CR 2518. Maximum winds are estimated to be 75 mph.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMoore$50,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMoore$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew the corrugated metal roof off of a building south the Hwy 57/I-35 intersection southwest of Moore.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMoore$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some large tree branches in Moore.
May 2024HailMoore-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Moore.
April 2022HailMoore-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Moore.
April 2022HailMoore-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail and wind gusts estimated at 55 mph in Moore.
April 2022HailMoore-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Moore.
September 2009Flash FloodMoore-Heavy rain caused flooding which closed Highway 57 from I35 West to Highway 140.
July 2007Flash FloodMoore-Scattered thunderstorms over Bexar, Atascosa, Karnes and Frio Counties produced a general 2 to 3 inch rain, with up to 5 inches near Pearsall. FM140 was closed west of Pearsall due to flash flooding.
June 2007Flash FloodMoore-Scattered to numerous thunderstorms over eastern Medina and Frio Counties and produced general 2 to 3 inch rainfall. Highest rain totals in Frio County were 4 inches northwest of Moore and southeast of Pearsall. Closed due to flash flooding were FM1582, FM462, and FM2779.
July 2006Flash FloodMoore-Thunderstorms between Moore and Bigfoot in northeast Frio County produced between 1 and 2 inches of rain, with a maximum of 4 inches between the two towns. Flash flooding closed FM462, FM472, and FM2779 through the early evening.
September 2005Flash FloodMoore-Showers and thunderstorms formed in the early evening over western Medina and northern Frio Counties. They showed little movement through the evening, weakening and dissipating near midnight. The storms produced between 1 and 2 inches of rain in the northeast part of Frio County. The highest accumulation was 4 inches near Big Foot. FM462 and FM472 were closed due to high water near Big Foot.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Moore-The tornado, observed by the Sheriff in open country, was accompanied by nickle-sized hail.
April 2000HailMoore-no account filed
February 1998Funnel CloudMoore-no account filed
February 1998HailMoore-no account filed
March 1997HailMoore-no account filed
May 1997HailMoore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Frio 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
Big Foot Colonia7.6 miles9
Bigfoot7.6 miles9
North Pearsall10.7 miles10
Schattel10.7 miles9
Pearsall East Colonia11.7 miles10
Alta Vista Colonia11.9 miles10
West Pearsall12.0 miles10
Frio Heights Colonia12.1 miles10

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 MooreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977671The 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 1363092. 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.