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Roundup, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79313. The Survey maps it on the Roundup quadrangle.

Roundup within Hockley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

17 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Roundup between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,703 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 August 2008Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 May 2006Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use120 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-58
25 April 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-44
31 March 2009Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-34
26 March 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution150 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010-33
18 March 2011Equipment and vehicle use580 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-32

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hockley County

Storms near this place

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roundup in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002HailRoundup$25,000The Hockley County Sheriff's office reported golfball size hail.
April 2025HailRoundup-A report from mPing indicated ping pong ball size hail near Roundup.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Roundup-Local broadcast media relayed a report of a brief tornado south of Anton that remained over open fields.
May 2020HailRoundup-A public report was received of half dollar size hail in Roundup.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindRoundup-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRoundup-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRoundup-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRoundup-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRoundup-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRoundup-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station near Anton.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindRoundup-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindRoundup-A 60 mph wind gust was measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station south of Anton.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindRoundup-A 66 mph wind gust was measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station near Anton.
July 2008HailRoundup-The public reported penny size hail along U.S. Highway 84 in Roundup.

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Anton4.9 miles9
Whitharral12.3 miles7
Smyer12.8 miles9
Opdyke15.0 miles8
Opdyke West16.0 miles8
Oklahoma Flat16.2 miles8
Levelland19.2 miles7
Arnett21.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1366971. 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.