Proctor, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. The Survey maps it on the Proctor quadrangle. 93 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gustine quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Proctor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Proctor between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,201 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 322 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONNER |
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONNER |
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRAIG |
| 2 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEARS FARMS |
| 16 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEEL SPARK 377 |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6610 HWY 2318 |
| 13 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6810 HWY 2318 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Proctor in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | $30,000 | A mobile home lost its roof and outbuildings were knocked down on CR 347, located southeast of Proctor. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | $15,000 | A number of barns and sheds had roofs ripped off in the Edna Hill area. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Proctor | $11,000 | Reported via mPING south of Dublin. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Proctor | $5,000 | Half dollar sized hail was covering the ground in Proctor. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | $3,000 | A 60 mph wind gust was estimated 2 miles north of Proctor. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Large tree branches were broken on the west side of Lake Proctor. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Proctor | - | Amateur radio operators and trained spotters observed a tornado, originally reported to be twelve miles north of Gustine. The tornado damage was noted by local emergency management to be just north of U.S. 377, on the northeast side of the city of Proctor. While the tornado occurred near the city, only tree damage was noted from the storm. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Proctor | - | Penny sized hail was reported along Highway 377 near Proctor. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Proctor | - | Amateur radio operators reported the hail grew to the size of Quarters in Proctor. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Proctor | - | The Comanche County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail at Lake Proctor. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Proctor | - | Quarter sized hail was reported at Lake Proctor. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Proctor | - | Penny size hail fell in the town of Proctor. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Power lines were down in Proctor. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Proctor | - | The intersection of CR 341 and CR 335 was barricaded due to high water. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Proctor | - | Flooding was reported in Procter and other areas surrounding Proctor. The flooding was from thunderstorms. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Trees were blown down by strong winds. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Proctor | - | The last three entries were due to a separate thunderstorm that had moved south from Stephens and Eastland county. Damage in Deleon was estimated at over 2.5 million dollars. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Proctor | - | 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.
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 Proctor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711264 | 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 1344575. 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.





