Old Glory, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Aspermont North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79540. The Survey maps it on the Old Glory quadrangle. It stands 1,673 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1925 USGS Aspermont 4-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Old Glory quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Old Glory between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,091 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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 | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD GLORY1 |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 380 E |
| 6 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY1835/OLD GLORY |
| 5 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIDDELL/CR 116 |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRED BAITZ FIRE |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIDDLE/CITATION FIRE |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETERS-LOWACK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Glory: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy Camp 17 | Copper | Occurrence | 1854 | |
| Spitzer-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1974 |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Glory in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Hail | Old Glory | $100,000 | A supercell thunderstorm developed west of town and moved slowly east producing a swath of hail up to and slightly larger than golfball size in and west of Old Glory. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Old Glory | $30,000 | Baseball size hail struck and killed thirteen cattle. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Old Glory | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Glory | $15,000 | A roof was blown off an old, unused gymnasium building. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Old Glory | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Old Glory | - | Slow moving and repeated rounds of thunderstorms in and around Old Glory brought an extended period of heavy rainfall. A report from mPing indicated water over the roadway along US Highway 380. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Old Glory | - | A report was received on mPing of half dollar size hail near Old Glory. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Old Glory | - | Postal workers at Old Glory reported pea to penny size hail that was accompanied by 50 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Old Glory | - | Citizen reported golfball size hail. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Old Glory | - | A storm chaser reported a tornado over open country. |
| March 1999 | Hail | Old Glory | - | Elevated convection behind a cold front caused thunderstorms...one of which produced early morning quarter-sized hail in Old Glory. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Old Glory | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Old Glory | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Old Glory | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Old Glory | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Old Glory | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Old Glory | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sandlin | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Aspermont | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Two F Crossing | 12.2 miles | 7 | |
| Swenson | 14.6 miles | 6 | |
| Geneview | 14.7 miles | 7 | |
| Peacock | 18.6 miles | 6 | |
| Double Mountain | 18.7 miles | 6 |
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 Old Glory | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7084098 | 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 1364423. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




