Perrin, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Perrin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76486. The Survey maps it on the Perrin quadrangle. 346 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPerrin fell from 398 to 346 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 | 398 | |
| 2020 | 346 | -52 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Perrin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Perrin between 2005 and 2020, burning about 9,563 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perrin in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Perrin | $20,000 | A slow moving tornadic cell produced a second tornado northwest of Perrin. Roofs and outbuildings were damaged near Perrin. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrin | $15,000 | Barn destroyed and blown into a house. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrin | $10,000 | Metal and lightweight structures sustained damage in Perrin. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Perrin | $10,000 | A public report indicated golf ball sized hail approximately 1 mile east of the city of Perrin, TX on FM 2210. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Perrin | $5,000 | Emergency Management reported golf ball sized hail near the intersection of FM 2210 and Pump Station Road; approximately 3 miles northwest of Perrin, TX. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Perrin | $3,000 | Golfball size hail was reported in Perrin. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Perrin | $3,000 | Golfball size hail was reported near Perrin. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrin | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines just east of town. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Perrin | - | Jack County Sheriff's Department reported U.S. Highway 281 just south of Perrin was flooded due to the heavy rainfall. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Perrin | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported ping pong ball sized hail near Perrin. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Perrin | - | Penny size hail was reported 3 miles east-northeast of Perrin. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Perrin | - | Water was reported over Highways 281 and 199. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Perrin | - | Flooding was reported on Highway 281. |
| December 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Perrin | - | Funnel cloud spotted but not a confirmed tornado. No damage was reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Flash Flood | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Perrin | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Perrin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joplin | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Gibtown | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Westbrook | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bartons Chapel | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Vineyard | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wizard Wells | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksboro | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Senate | 15.4 miles | 8 |
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 Perrin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982293 | 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 1343870. 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.



