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Pottsboro, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75076. The Survey maps it on the Pottsboro quadrangle. 2,488 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.

Pottsboro within Grayson County

Population over time

2 figures

Pottsboro grew from 2,160 to 2,488 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,160
20202,488+328 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

185 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Pottsboro between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,585 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined90
Debris and open burning48
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service691
5 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 289 FIRE
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePLAINVIEW
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRPORT RD
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRPORT ROAD
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSQUIRRLE LANE
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service691
3 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePLAINVIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pottsboro: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grayson County Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grayson Pits & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pottsboro in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 24 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1994Thunderstorm WindPottsboro1 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a boathouse, sunk one boat, and blew down trees. One person was injured in the boathouse.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$50,000The emergency manager reported roof damage at a pharmacy and trees down along FM 120 in Pottsboro. Broadcast media showed the metal roof of the pharmacy had been peeled off and was laying in FM 120.
April 2018HailPottsboro$10,000Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail near the North Texas Regional Airport near the city of Pottsboro, TX.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$10,000A shop owned by the Griffin Family was completely demolished, along with several surrounding structures.
March 2006HailPottsboro$10,000Golf ball to baseball-size hail reported.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$5,000Amateur radio reported several trees and power lines down near the city of Pottsboro, TX.
March 2006HailPottsboro$5,000Nickel to golf ball-size hail reported.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$5,000A boat shed was unroofed west of Pottsboro.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$5,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down by high winds.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$5,000A tin roof was blown off a building.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$4,000Estimated winds of 60 mph with gusts up to 70 mph were reported in Pottsboro. Tree limbs were knocked down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$3,000Trees were blown down in Pottsboro and Collinsville.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindPottsboro$1,000no account filed
April 2026HailPottsboro-Emergency manager reported quarter sized hail in downtown Pottsboro.
May 2024HailPottsboro-Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
February 2021HailPottsboro-A trained spotter reported copious amounts of quarter size hail.
October 2019HailPottsboro-Emergency management reported penny to nickel sized hail near Mill Creek Marina in the city of Pottsboro, TX.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-A trained spotter reported a 63 MPH wind gust in the city of Pottsboro, TX.
August 2017Flash FloodPottsboro-Grayson County Sheriff's Department reported flooding on Highway 289 in Pottsboro and also some low water crossings flooded near Sherman.
February 2012HailPottsboro-One inch diameter hail was reported by an emergency manager 4 miles north of Pottsboro.
February 2012HailPottsboro-One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio 5 miles north of Pottsboro.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-Winds were estimated to be near 60 MPH 3 miles southwest of Pottsboro.
May 2009HailPottsboro-Nickel to quarter size hail fell in Pottsboro.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-An 18-inch diameter tree was uprooted and 10-inch diameter branches broken.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-A large tree was blown down on Farm Market 120. The tree blocked all four lanes of traffic.
June 2000Flash FloodPottsboro-Flooding was reported in the city.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-A radio tower was blown down by high winds.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Pottsboro-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Pottsboro-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-Trees were blown down onto cars at a church.
June 2024HailPottsboro-no account filed
April 2011HailPottsboro-no account filed
September 2011HailPottsboro-no account filed
April 2005HailPottsboro-no account filed
April 2004HailPottsboro-no account filed
March 2004HailPottsboro-no account filed
March 2004HailPottsboro-no account filed
December 1999HailPottsboro-no account filed
April 1999HailPottsboro-no account filed
April 1997HailPottsboro-no account filed
May 1997HailPottsboro-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-no account filed
June 1996HailPottsboro-no account filed
April 1996HailPottsboro-no account filed
June 1994HailPottsboro-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindPottsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fink3.1 miles12
Willow Spring4.2 miles12
Cambridge4.7 miles12
Frontier Village4.8 miles12
Knollwood5.5 miles12
Hanger5.7 miles12
Ellsworth6.0 miles12
Locust6.1 miles12

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 PottsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979498The 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 1365691. 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.