Pep, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Levelland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79353. The Survey maps it on the Pep quadrangle.

Pep within Hockley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Pep quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Levelland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Pep between 2011 and 2020, burning about 6,647 acres in total. 7 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
Natural	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	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
20 August 2012	Natural	400 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS 2012-11
18 August 2012	Natural	50 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS 2012-10
15 August 2014	Natural	180 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS14-21
15 August 2014	Natural	300 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS14-20
21 July 2012	Natural	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS 2012-9
2 June 2012	Natural	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS 2012-5
6 April 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	TREE ON FIRE
28 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5,000 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	OLYMPIA FIRE

Every fire recorded in Hockley County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pep in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 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
June 2025	Tornado (EFU)	Pep	-	An intense cyclic supercell thunderstorm produced a total of eight known tornadoes over portions of Cochran, Hockley, and Lubbock Counties. This was the third of the tornadoes. No damage was observed or reported with this tornado, however, it was directly observed by mobile research radar. This tornado began in far eastern Cochran County before moving into far western Hockley County.
May 2024	Hail	Pep	-	Numerous storm chasers reported a swath of hail ranging in size from golf balls up to three inches in diameter. No damage was reported.
May 2022	Flash Flood	Pep	-	A cyclic tornadic supercell persisted for several hours near the intersection of Bailey, Lamb, Hockley, and Cochran Counties. This thunderstorm brought copious amount of rainfall to this region leading to flash flooding over a widespread area. Most of the rainfall was observed over far southeastern Bailey County where between three and seven inches of rain fell. While conducting a tornado storm survey the next day, the NWS survey team discovered numerous roads that were impassable due to flooding.
May 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Pep	-	A cyclic tornadic supercell produced several tornadoes over a period of approximately two hours. An NWS storm survey revealed that this supercell produced nine separate tornadoes. This tornado was the fifth tornado. Numerous storm chasers documented a brief, small tornado in an open field. Wooden power poles were blown down at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 597 and 303, approximately two miles south of Pep. Maximum winds were estimated at 85 mph.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Pep	-	The Texas Department of Transportation reported that a portion of Farm to Market Road 597 was closed due to water over the roadway approximately three miles south of Pep. Radar imagery revealed that storms repeatedly trained over northeastern Hockley County for several hours. Although radar reflectivities were not incredibly high during this time, the repeated storms and very efficient rainfall production led to localized flooding.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Pep	-	A trained spotter reported several utility poles were blown down near the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 303 and 597 near Pep. The time of damage was estimated from radar.
June 2014	Flood	Pep	-	A trained spotter reported water covering several sections of County Road 303 south of Pep.
June 2008	Hail	Pep	-	Agricultural officials reported that several hundred acres of small cotton plants were destroyed southeast of Pep near the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 303 and 597 around 21:30 CST.
June 2003	Hail	Pep	-	At least 5000 acres of cotton were destroyed.
May 2001	Hail	Pep	-	Law enforcement officials reported golfball size hail.
May 2001	Hail	Pep	-	Storm spotters reported golfball size hail east of town.
May 2023	Hail	Pep	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Pep	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Pep	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Pep	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Pep	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Pep	-	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Pep	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hockley 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pettit	8.4 miles	8
Oklahoma Flat	8.6 miles	8
Whitharral	13.4 miles	7
Coble	15.5 miles	7
Levelland	18.4 miles	7
Opdyke West	20.5 miles	8
Anton	20.9 miles	9
Opdyke	21.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034849. 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.