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Moran, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moran census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76464. It stands on Cordwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moran quadrangle. 226 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.

Moran within Shackelford County

Population over time

3 figures

Moran fell from 233 to 226 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
2000233
2010270+37 (+16%)
2020226-44 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

28 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Moran between 2005 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOTTLE LEASE FIRE
8 August 2010Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCALLAHAN COUNTY
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORAN ASSIST
26 August 2006Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2020Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOLLAND FIRE
22 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARRETT LEASE FIRE
7 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shackelford County

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moran in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 hail, 9 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2004Tornado (F0)Moran$100,000This is the same tornado that formed near Clyde and crossed over the county line and went into Shackelford County.
September 1996Flash FloodMoran$100,000no account filed
March 2004Tornado (F0)Moran$50,000This was a brief tornado that produced some damage to a home.
May 2003Tornado (F2)Moran$50,000Two tornadoes paralleled one another. This tornado was the southern tornado track and destroyed oil storage tanks, oil equipment, a small building, and a couple of recreational vehicles. A trained spotter reported that this tornado was multiple vortex. The survey team noted separate damage areas south and southwest of the main track.
May 2003Tornado (F2)Moran$3,000This was the northern tornado track of the two that paralleled one another. This tornado snapped and stripped large trees and ripped up some T post fence along it's path. It seems that the tree damage was more severe on this track.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindMoran$2,000High winds downed a tree in Moran in southern Shackelford County, with the tree falling onto a parked vehicle. These winds also tore part of a roof off of an area barn.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMoran$1,000A 65 mph gust produced only minor damage to structures.
July 2007Flash FloodMoran$1,000Law enforcement reported significant street flooding in Albany. In addition, Highway 576 to the east of Moran was closed due to flooding.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMoran-A delayed report. Tree damage and roof damage from an apparent microburst in the town of Moran. Time estimated from radar.
May 2016HailMoran-A storm chaser reported quarter size hail in Moran.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMoran-A COOP Observer reported numerous tree limbs blown down in Moran, which were up to 8 feet in length.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMoran-The public reported a large Oak Tree down in Moran.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMoran-A trained spotter reported broken six inch diameter tree limbs near Moran along State Highway 6.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMoran-A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported large limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2008HailMoran-Law enforcement reported a broken windshield from the hail.
May 2006Tornado (F1)Moran-A tornado uprooted a large mesquite tree and willow tree. The mesquite tree was approximately 4 feet wide at the base.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Moran-Reported by KTAB TV chase team.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Moran-This tornado snapped large trees along it's path.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Moran-This tornado knocked down a few trees.
May 1994Tornado (F3)Moran-A television crew video-taped a large tornado between Moran and Albany in open ranch land.
May 2015HailMoran-no account filed
May 2015HailMoran-no account filed
June 2013HailMoran-no account filed
May 2011HailMoran-no account filed
April 2008HailMoran-no account filed
April 2007HailMoran-no account filed
May 2003HailMoran-no account filed
April 2002HailMoran-no account filed
April 2002HailMoran-no account filed
April 2002HailMoran-no account filed
September 2001HailMoran-no account filed
October 2001HailMoran-no account filed
June 1998HailMoran-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shackelford 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
Sedwick4.3 miles11
Eureka6.3 miles11
Albany14.0 miles11
Acampo18.6 miles12
Fort Griffin26.7 miles12
Berryhill33.5 miles11

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 MoranAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q975236The 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 1341895. 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.