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Spur, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Spur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79370. It stands on Dockum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spur quadrangle. 863 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,287 feet above sea level.

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Spur within Dickens County

Population over time

2 figures

Spur fell from 1,318 to 863 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
20101,318
2020863-455 (-35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 6 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

40 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Spur between 2008 and 2020, burning about 633 acres in total. 7 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 use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning5

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 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJIM BOB HORN
2 September 2017Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREG ARNOLD
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYEAKLEY
7 August 2016Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDR. CAVE
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUTLER
10 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR372/CR335 (OSBURN)
30 July 2016Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGLORIA LEE
29 July 2017Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJAMES LEWIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickens County

Storms near this place

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spur in 71 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 36 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSpur2 hurt, $300,000A severe thunderstorm produced extreme winds and resulted in extensive damage in Spur around 19:30 CST on the 11th. Local officials and media reported that "dozens" of homes and businesses were damaged, and that one family was left homeless and treated for injuries.The Texas Spur newspaper reported that a mobile home was destroyed when the walls were "collapsed" by the winds. The family inside took shelter underneath a table inside the home, but two people present sustained injuries. The Spur Farmer's Co-Op Gin sustained extensive roof damage, and a gas pump canopy was blown a considerable distance downwind and caused secondary damage as the un-earthed skids accompanied the sailing debris. The roof of a church suffered severe damage, and a city-owned maintenance barn was destroyed. Additionally, City Hall experienced damage, and a pivot irrigation system was destroyed.Local officials and newspaper reports indicate that an automated weather station operated by a private utility company recorded a maximum wind gust of 91 mph at 19:24 CST.
June 2018HailSpur$500,000Very large hail to baseball size pummeled the city of Spur this evening. The hail lasted for for several minutes and caused widespread damage to buildings, roofs, windows and vehicles.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSpur$100,000A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur recorded a wind gust to 80 mph. Furthermore, a swath of thunderstorm wind damage was observed near Spur to approximately six miles north of Spur. Fire department personnel in Spur reported 20 utility poles blown over along Farm to Market Road 1868 just northwest of Spur. Also, a roof was blown off of a house near the intersection of Texas Highway 70 and County Road 466.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSpur$25,000The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station at Dickens measured a wind gust to 61 mph. There were reports of numerous large trees blown over as well as utility poles snapped in Dickens.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindSpur$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind caused severe damage to the roof of a church.
May 1995HailSpur$20,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSpur$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew power lines down and the roof off of a house in Spur.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSpur$15,000no account filed
April 2000HailSpur$10,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSpur$5,000A roof was partially blown off a home about one mile east of Spur. The cause was determined to be an intense downburst wrapping around a mesocyclone passing east of the house. These destructive straight-line winds would continue southeast into northeastern Kent County and cause scattered to widespread wind damage.
May 2008HailSpur$5,000Golf ball size hail reportedly broke windows at a farm house east of Spur. No injuries were reported.
May 1995HailSpur$5,000no account filed
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSpur$500Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet. This same wind gust collapsed an old outbuilding on the northwest side of Spur.
May 1993HailSpur$500The Spur Police Department reported golf ball-size hail in Spur. No significant damage resulted.
May 1993HailSpur$50The Dickens County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-size hail just west of Dickens and dime-size hail in Spur. The heavy rainfall from the storms resulted in flooding of highways and roads in central Dickens County. Only minor damage was noted.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust to 61 mph.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust of 59 mph.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured severe wind gusts from 2317 CST through 2319 CST. A peak wind gust of 67 mph was measured at 2317 CST.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSpur-A swath of strong winds and damage associated with a rear flank downdraft occurred over a three county area. The Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust of 84 mph at 2032 CST. However, there was no significant damage noted in Spur.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust of 68 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet near Spur measured a severe wind gust to 64 mph.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a severe wind gust of 58 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust of 62 mph.
May 2021HailSpur-An NWS cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail in Spur.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust to 66 mph.
May 2018Flash FloodSpur-Flowing water was reported over several sections of FM Road 834 northwest of Spur. The road was temporarily closed overnight until flooding receded.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindSpur-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts occurred for 10 minutes as measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet near Spur.
April 2016HailSpur-An NWS cooperative weather observer in Spur reported nickel size hail in Spur. No damage was reported.
April 2016HailSpur-No damage was reported.
April 2016HailSpur-An NWS cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail. No damage was reported.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSpur-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust to 65 mph.
April 2015HailSpur-Law enforcement and the public reported hail up to the size of golf balls in and to the west of Dickens.
April 2014HailSpur-Law enforcement observed ping pong ball size hail near Spur.
May 2013HailSpur-Broadcast media estimated hailstones ranging in size from quarters in Spur to golf ball size one mile east of Spur. No reports of damage were received.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Spur-A NWS aerial storm survey discovered evidence of a tornado debris pattern in open ranch land in far southeast Dickens County. Damage to trees in this area displayed a hallmark convergent pattern and correlated well with a tight gate-to-gate rotation couplet in the area as observed by Doppler radar. The path length and width are crude estimates given generally sparse damage indicators throughout the path of this tornado. Damage to some trees was deemed sufficiently strong to warrant an EF-1 rating.
June 2012Heavy RainSpur-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station.
June 2009HailSpur-Multiple reports of large hail that ranged in size from pennies to golfballs were received from local law enforcement and fire department officials as a severe storm tracked north-northeastward from near Spur to Dickens. Initial reports indicated that penny and nickel size hail covered the ground in the Spur vicinity between 17:37 CST and 17:42 CST. A few of the hail stones, however, were reportedly as large as golfballs. The hail swath then spread northward along and just east of Texas Highway 70, where nickel size hail was reported in Dickens at 18:17 CST. No damage was reported.
May 2008Flash FloodSpur-The Spur Fire Department reported that heavy rainfall from thunderstorms resulted in more than one foot of water rapidly flowing through many city streets. No damage was reported.
May 2008HailSpur-The Spur Fire Department reported nickel to golf ball size hail in the Spur vicinity. No damage was reported.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSpur-The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph just west of Spur at 19:10 CST. By 19:15 CST the Spur Fire Department reported estimated gusts between 60 and 70 mph in the city. No damage was reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindSpur-The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Spur measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph. No damage was reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindSpur-The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts between 50 and 60 mph in Spur at 18:52 CST. A nearby Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site recorded a peak gust of 50 mph at 18:55 CST. No damage was reported.
April 2007HailSpur-The Dickens County Sheriff's Office reported that nickel to quarter size hail covered portions of Farm to Market Road 1868 just north of Spur.
May 2006HailSpur-Law enforcement officials reported quarter size hail in rural portions of southwestern Dickens County.
May 2006Flash FloodSpur-The Texas Department of Transportation closed Texas Highway 208 near the intersection with Texas Highway 70. The slow moving supercell thunderstorm that affected southern Dickens and northern Kent County resulted in very heavy rainfall and runoff along Duck Creek. Flash flooding resulted in flowing water over a stretch of Texas Highway 208 southeast of Spur.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindSpur-Power poles downed by thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2004HailSpur-Dickens County Sheriff's Office reported baseball size hail near Red Mud.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSpur-Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet station west of town measured a gust to 58 mph.
September 2004Flash FloodSpur-Widespread flooding was reported in and around Spur. A car was stranded in town.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSpur-The West Texas Mesonet station west of town measured a 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2003Flash FloodSpur-Farm-to-Market Road 2565 was reported flooded. Flooding destroyed about half of the county's cotton crop.
May 2001HailSpur-Off-duty NWS meteorologists reported quarter size hail on Farm-to-Market Road 836.
June 2001HailSpur-Dime to golfball size hail was reported by law enforcement officials.
March 2000HailSpur-Nickel size hail covered the ground several inches deep.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindSpur-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
April 1999HailSpur-Quarter size hail covered the ground.
April 2021HailSpur-no account filed
August 2020HailSpur-no account filed
May 2005HailSpur-no account filed
April 2003HailSpur-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickens 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
Dockum0.2 miles6
Soldiers Mound (historical)3.4 miles8
Steele Hill4.1 miles6
Red Mud8.3 miles6
Gilpin8.5 miles6
Dickens10.1 miles8
Croton14.9 miles8
Elton15.8 miles8

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 SpurAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980172The 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 1369049. 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.