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.
Population over time
3 figuresMoran 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 233 | |
| 2010 | 270 | +37 (+16%) |
| 2020 | 226 | -44 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Albany quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moran quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTLE LEASE FIRE |
| 8 August 2010 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALLAHAN COUNTY |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORAN ASSIST |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOLLAND FIRE |
| 22 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARRETT LEASE FIRE |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Moran | $100,000 | This is the same tornado that formed near Clyde and crossed over the county line and went into Shackelford County. |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Moran | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Moran | $50,000 | This was a brief tornado that produced some damage to a home. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Moran | $50,000 | Two 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 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Moran | $3,000 | This 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | $2,000 | High 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | $1,000 | A 65 mph gust produced only minor damage to structures. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Moran | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported significant street flooding in Albany. In addition, Highway 576 to the east of Moran was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | - | A delayed report. Tree damage and roof damage from an apparent microburst in the town of Moran. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Moran | - | A storm chaser reported quarter size hail in Moran. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | - | A COOP Observer reported numerous tree limbs blown down in Moran, which were up to 8 feet in length. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | - | The public reported a large Oak Tree down in Moran. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | - | A trained spotter reported broken six inch diameter tree limbs near Moran along State Highway 6. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported large limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Moran | - | Law enforcement reported a broken windshield from the hail. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Moran | - | A tornado uprooted a large mesquite tree and willow tree. The mesquite tree was approximately 4 feet wide at the base. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Moran | - | Reported by KTAB TV chase team. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Moran | - | This tornado snapped large trees along it's path. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Moran | - | This tornado knocked down a few trees. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F3) | Moran | - | A television crew video-taped a large tornado between Moran and Albany in open ranch land. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Moran | - | 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.
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 Moran | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975236 | 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 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.





