Paint Rock, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eola-Paint Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76866. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paint Rock quadrangle. 237 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,631 feet above sea level.
On record in Paint Rock
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Concho County Courthouselisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresPaint Rock fell from 273 to 237 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 273 | |
| 2020 | 237 | -36 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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 Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Paint Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Paint Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Paint Rock between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,702 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HADLEY FIRE |
| 20 September 2017 | Natural | 651 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SULTIEMIER RANCH |
| 22 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FUZZY CREEK FIRE |
| 9 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 55 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2017 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKY CREEK RANCH |
| 6 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
50 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paint Rock in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 36 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Paint Rock | $150,000 | Law enforcement reported Highway 83 along the border of Runnels and Concho Counties was closed with four feet of water over the roadway. Concho County had about 14 to 15 miles of county roads washed away or severely damaged. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Paint Rock | $25,000 | A nearly stationary thunderstorm continued to produce golfball size hail in Paint Rock, and caused damage to vehicles and homes. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Paint Rock | $10,000 | Baseball size hail produced roof damage at Paint Rock. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Paint Rock | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Paint Rock | $5,000 | As golfball Size hail fell in Paint Rock for the past four minutes, the hail damaged windows and roofs. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Paint Rock | $5,000 | Large hail fell in Paint Rock for a little over 30 minutes, and caused considerable damage. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | $3,000 | An apparent microburst ripped part of a tin roof off of a mobile home near the O.H. Ivie Reservoir in northeast Concho County. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | $500 | Downburst winds reached speeds of 67 mph at the NWS Office in San Angelo. Minor damage to roofs and tree limbs resulted. As the storm moved into Concho County, a cooperative observer reported winds in excess of 60 mph in Paint Rock. No significant damage was noted in Paint Rock. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | The public also reported dime to nickel size hail. The hail fell until 4:05 PM. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | Baseball size hail was reported by a trained spotter near Paint Rock. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | A trained spotter reported numerous tree limbs down throughout Paint Rock. The largest limbs were up to 15 feet in length. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds in Paint Rock. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | An amateur radio operator estimated 60 MPH winds. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | Nickel size hail fell from 9:15 to 9:20 P.M. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | The supercell thunderstorm that had been over Paint Rock for the past several minutes started to move to the east southeast. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | Large limbs were blown down in the community of Paint Rock. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | Golfball size hail fell from a supercell thunderstorm moving across Concho County. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Paint Rock | - | Ranch Road 380 just west of Paint Rock was closed when up to 3 inches of rain caused water to flow over the roadway. |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Paint Rock | - | Highway 380 at Kickapoo Creek flooded and impassable |
| July 1995 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | The Matador Fire Department spotters reported a tornado one to two miles northwest of Flomot. The brief tornado touched down in an open area and did not cause any damage. In Coke County, the sheriff's office reported winds overturned two campers, slightly injuring two people. Hail destroyed young cotton crops near Rowena in Runnels County. An National Weather Service co-operative observer in Paint Rock reported dime-size hail. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | The public reported one-inch diameter hail at O.H. Ivie Lake. UTAH |
| May 2023 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Paint Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Paint Rock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concho | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lowake | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Henderson Chapel | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Millersview | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Eola | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vick | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eden | 20.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pasche | 23.6 miles | 12 |
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 Paint Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981865 | 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 1364698. 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.




