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Roscoe, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roscoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79545. The Survey maps it on the Roscoe quadrangle. 1,271 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,388 feet above sea level.

Roscoe within Nolan County

Population over time

2 figures

Roscoe fell from 1,322 to 1,271 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
20101,322
20201,271-51 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

50 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Roscoe between 2005 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
21 September 2011Natural60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAFTER B FIRE
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOLAN COUNTY FEEDERS
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceI20
6 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service233 FIRE
25 August 2010Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 239 I-20 GRASS FIRE
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE MM235 I20
15 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2020Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE CR 182

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nolan County

Storms near this place

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roscoe in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 47 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRoscoe1 killedThe Nolan County Sheriff confirmed 6 accidents on I-20 near Roscoe, with 1 fatality caused by a tanker truck rolling over. Also, several jack-knifed 18-wheelers. No tornadoes reported. but locally strong winds were reported. Also, multiple power lines were blown down nearby.
May 2002HailRoscoe$12,000,000Hail up to the size of baseballs fell for nearly 40 minutes on the city of Roscoe causing damage to the school. Numerous homes received roof and window damage.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$250,000Winds uprooted trees, downed power lines, and damaged roofs in northern Nolan County.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$50,000Two homes northwest of Roscoe suffered extensive damage when thunderstorm winds blew through the area. Each home had extensive roof damage, allowing water to enter and cause most of the damage.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$50,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$25,000Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a silo, and overturned three semi trucks traveling on Interstate 20 near Roscoe.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$25,000The winds overturned two tractor semi-trailers on Interstate 20. Ten power poles were also blown over.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$20,000Four tractor trailers were blown over by winds estimated at 70 mph on Highway 84 northwest of Roscoe.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Roscoe$8,000A brief tornado track was surveyd just to the south of Roscoe. A shed was destroyed.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$3,000Strong winds knocked down some power poles in Roscoe.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,000Antenna blown down
June 1999Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$600Several telephone poles were snapped in half by winds estimated at up to 60 mph.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$500High winds blew a vehicle off of the road. Along with the high winds hail up to the size of Baseballs occurred as well.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-There were power poles reported blown down in Roscoe by the Nolan County Sheriff's Office.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-A metal roof was blown off. The time was estimated from radar.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-There were power lines blown down on south side of Roscoe.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-A tree was blown into power lines.
June 2021HailRoscoe-A storm chaser reported golf ball size hail at the I-20/US 84 spilt east of Roscoe.
May 2021HailRoscoe-The Roscoe Fire Department reported a mix of pea size to quarter size hail. The time of this report was estimated using radar.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-An Amateur Radio operator reported a semi truck blown over, a pivot irrigation system blown down and two power poles toppled.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-A trained spotter reported an 18 wheeler blown over at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Interstate 20.
April 2017HailRoscoe-The Sweetwater Police Department estimated golf ball size hail.
April 2016HailRoscoe-The broadcast media reported quarter size hail in Roscoe.
May 2013HailRoscoe-An amateur radio operator reported one inch hail at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Interstate 20.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-An off duty police officer reported 75 to 80 mph winds in Roscoe.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Roscoe-Ham radio operators and law enforcement reported another round of land spouts near the community of Roscoe.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Roscoe-Ham radio operators and law enforcement reported land spout swarms developing around the Roscoe area.
May 2002HailRoscoe-Baseball size hail was reported northwest of Roscoe in northwestern Nolan County.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Roscoe-Spotters reported a second brief tornado touchdown north of Roscoe.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Roscoe-Nolan County storm spotters reported a a brief tornado touchdown in open country northwest of Roscoe.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Roscoe-A spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown across extreme northwest Nolan County.
April 1999HailRoscoe-Tennis ball size hail.
May 1994HailRoscoe-After a short respite from yesterday's storms, severe weather and flash flooding developed again over parts of West Texas due to a stalled upper level low pressure system to the west. This day's thunderstorms, combined with the previous day's, brought very heavy rainfall totals to much of the area. In particular, six to eight inches fell in a swath from near Denver City to Lubbock and Crosbyton. Six to eight inches also fell in an area from Andrews County across Big Spring to near Sweetwater; within this area there were isolated reports to near 12 inches. This day's rain caused more flash flooding, this time in Terry County (especially at Brownfield and also in Union, where a school was flooded), in Lubbock County (especially in Lubbock where several main roads were closed due to water for two to three days), in Lynn and Crosby Counties (where the sheriff's offices reported many roads under water), in Midland County (especially in Midland where many roads were flooded and cars stranded; some by as much as three feet of water), and in Mitchell, Nolan, and Howard Counties (where many roads were flooded in each county). The extreme rainfall caused river flooding along Beals Creek (in eastern Howard and southern Mitchell Counties) and on the Colorado River (in southern Mitchell and northwest Coke Counties). Witnesses reported that the Colorado River was 1.5 miles wide at the peak of flooding about 1900 CST on the 11th. No significant flood damage was reported. There were also many reports of severe weather. Large hail fell in Ector County (west of Odessa), and golf ball-size hail fell in Upton County (in McCamey) and in Sterling County (near Sterling). There were also reports of up to quarter-size hail in many areas. Three tornadoes occurred this day. In Pecos County, the Girvin Fire Department reported a tornado that lasted about 10 minutes, but caused no damage. An Abilene TV film crew reported a brief tornado in Mitchell County about five miles south of Colorado City, and storm spotters reported another brief tornado in Nolan County about eight miles southwest of Roscoe. Lightning caused about $12,000 damage to a house in Lubbock. This occurred when lightning struck the garage, causing a fire that also damaged a car in the garage.
May 1993HailRoscoe-The public reported dime to nickel-size hail near Roscoe. No damage resulted.
April 2026HailRoscoe-no account filed
April 2019HailRoscoe-no account filed
March 2018HailRoscoe-no account filed
March 2018HailRoscoe-no account filed
April 2017HailRoscoe-no account filed
April 2017HailRoscoe-no account filed
May 2015HailRoscoe-no account filed
April 2015HailRoscoe-no account filed
April 2015HailRoscoe-no account filed
April 2013HailRoscoe-no account filed
June 2010HailRoscoe-no account filed
June 2009HailRoscoe-no account filed
June 2009HailRoscoe-no account filed
March 2008HailRoscoe-no account filed
May 2008HailRoscoe-no account filed
April 2006HailRoscoe-no account filed
May 2006HailRoscoe-no account filed
May 2005HailRoscoe-no account filed
March 2004HailRoscoe-no account filed
March 2004HailRoscoe-no account filed
March 2002HailRoscoe-no account filed
May 2002HailRoscoe-no account filed
May 2002HailRoscoe-no account filed
May 2002HailRoscoe-no account filed
August 2002HailRoscoe-no account filed
June 2001HailRoscoe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nolan 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
Avenger Village4.5 miles13
Brownlee5.5 miles8
Shaufler6.1 miles13
Sweetwater7.2 miles13
Wastella7.4 miles8
Champion7.4 miles8
Orient8.3 miles12
Maryneal15.3 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 RoscoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981720The 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 1345550. 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.