Needmore, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Meadow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79345. The Survey maps it on the Sundown SE quadrangle. It stands 3,415 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Sundown SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 2006 and 2013, burning about 166 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N 385 AND 211 |
| 12 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEEDMORE |
| 16 May 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3.5 SOUTH OF NEEDMORE |
| 8 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 385 AND CR 230 |
| 6 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 385 AND CR 210 |
| 21 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 270/168 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Needmore in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 8 hail, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $200,000 | Thunderstorm winds resulted in a swath of damage from the Needmore and Meadow areas of northern Terry County southward to near Brownfield. Several buildings at the Needmore Gin sustained heavy roof damage, and the steeple was blown off of a church in Meadow. At least six utility poles also were reportedly blown down by the winds. A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Brownfield at 22:30 CST, where a large oak tree was reportedly split. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Needmore | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Needmore | $500 | A supercell in northern Terry County produced hail slightly smaller than golfball-size, according to the public. No significant damage resulted. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Needmore | - | Numerous reports from storm chasers indicated a swath of hail from approximately six miles north of Brownfield to nine miles west-northwest of Brownfield. Hail ranged in size from tennis ball size to 3.50 inches in diameter. No damage was reported at the time. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Needmore | - | Law enforcement in Terry County reported water over the roadway on US Highway 385 between county roads 210 and 230. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Needmore | - | A nearly stationary thunderstorm led to brief heavy rainfall with additional lighter showers training over the same location. Terry County Sheriff's Office reported standing water on the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 62/82 approximately 4 miles south of Meadow. |
| March 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Needmore | - | A video posted to social media showed a well developed landspout tornado in an open field just north of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 211 and US Highway 385 in Terry County. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Needmore | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Needmore | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Needmore | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Needmore | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Needmore | - | 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 Needmore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711118 | 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 1380237. 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.




