Scotland, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Archer City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76379. The Survey maps it on the Scotland quadrangle. 413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresScotland fell from 501 to 413 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 | 501 | |
| 2020 | 413 | -88 (-18%) |
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
- 1963 USGS Scotland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Scotland between 2006 and 2020, burning about 23,320 acres in total. 14 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 use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLEMAN ROAD |
| 8 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLEMAN ROAD |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PENNARTZ AND PEYSAN RD FIRE |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2018 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEMANN ROAD |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KINDER RD FIRE |
| 2 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KINDER ROAD GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotland in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 36 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotland | $5,000 | Numerous 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs down. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotland | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a two-story structure and one large tree was downed. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotland | $3,000 | Shingles were blown off a house and some tree limbs were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EFU) | Scotland | $2,000 | Numerous spotters and chasers observed a tornado east of State Highway 79 and near Coleman Road. The tornado occurred over open pastureland with the only known damage occurring to some cattle feeders near Coleman Road. Much of the tornado path is estimated. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotland | $1,000 | Large tree downed. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotland | $500 | Power lines were downed. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotland | $200 | Several tree limbs were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EFU) | Scotland | - | Spotters observed a tornado northwest of Scotland. No damage was reported and the location of the tornado is estimated. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Scotland | - | Maximum hail size increased from quarter to golf ball during the event time. The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Scotland | - | Relayed through Twitter. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | Hail was observed on Highway 172 near the Archer-Clay County line. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Scotland | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Scotland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Wilson | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Windthorst | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Archer City | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lakeside City | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dads Corner | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hartex | 15.6 miles | 8 | |
| Anarene | 15.9 miles | 7 | |
| Holliday | 16.0 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 Scotland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q972901 | 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 1367871. 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.



