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Stamford, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stamford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79553. The Survey maps it on the Stamford quadrangle. 2,907 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,614 feet above sea level.

Stamford within Jones County

On record in Stamford

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 12 of 20 shown

Every listing in Jones County

Population over time

2 figures

Stamford fell from 3,124 to 2,907 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
20103,124
20202,907-217 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

39 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Stamford between 2006 and 2015, burning about 164 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW GOULD
25 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

60 of 87 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stamford in 87 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 64 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flood. 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 1997HailStamford$100,000no account filed
June 2003HailStamford$30,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindStamford$10,000Trees and power lines down.
May 2004HailStamford$8,000Golfball size hail was reported in Stamford for about 10 minutes. Only some minor damage was noted.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindStamford$8,000Roof was blown off of a house.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindStamford$5,000Power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindStamford-We received photos of wind damage to St Ann Catholic Church at the intersection of New Braunfels St and New Hope Rd.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindStamford-A storm chaser estimated 80 mph winds.
May 2025Tornado (EFU)Stamford-A storm chaser reported a brief tornado touchdown.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindStamford-TDEM CLO reported trees blown down on the south side of Stamford.
April 2025HailStamford-Public reported half dollar size hail.
April 2025HailStamford-Public reported golf ball size hail.
April 2025HailStamford-The public reported quarter size hail.
April 2024HailStamford-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
May 2023HailStamford-Law Enforcement reported golf ball size hail in Stamford. Time estimated from radar.
June 2023HailStamford-A trained spotter called in ping pong ball size hail.
June 2023HailStamford-A trained spotter called in golf ball size hail.
June 2023HailStamford-The public reported slightly smaller than grapefruit size hail 3 miles southwest of Stamford along US highway 277.
May 2022HailStamford-The public reported lots of quarter size hail with some golf ball size hail.
May 2021HailStamford-The public using Mping reported 0.75 inch hail just southeast of Stamford.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindStamford-The Stamford Mesonet measured a wind gust of 65 mph.
May 2019HailStamford-A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail 2 miles west-northwest of Stamford.
March 2018HailStamford-A trained spotter reported pea to quarter size hail in Stamford.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindStamford-The Jones County Emergency Manager reported a sign and power pole down.
April 2016HailStamford-Law Enforcement reported half dollar size hail about a mile west southwest of Stamford.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStamford-Law enforcement estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph about 1.35 miles west-southwest of Stamford.
April 2015FloodStamford-The broadcast media reported roads flooded in Stamford.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStamford-The public estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust about 1.4 miles west southwest of Stamford.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindStamford-A wind gust of 60 mph was reported on County Road 142 about a mile east of Stamford.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindStamford-Part of a roof was damaged by the straight line winds in Stamford.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStamford-Law enforcement reported a roof blown off a barn.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindStamford-Power poles were downed and roof damage was also reported in town.
June 2002Tornado (F0)Stamford-Storm Spotters continued to track the tornado from Haskell County into northern Jones County.
October 2001HailStamford-Golf ball size hail.
April 2000HailStamford-Baseball size hail.
April 2000HailStamford-Hail larger than baseballs pounded the town of Stamford.
May 1999HailStamford-Baseball size hail.
May 1993HailStamford-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines.
May 1993HailStamford-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines.
February 2023HailStamford-no account filed
May 2023HailStamford-no account filed
May 2021HailStamford-no account filed
May 2021HailStamford-no account filed
May 2021HailStamford-no account filed
June 2019HailStamford-no account filed
March 2018HailStamford-no account filed
June 2018HailStamford-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindStamford-no account filed
May 2018HailStamford-no account filed
April 2015HailStamford-no account filed
May 2015HailStamford-no account filed
May 2015HailStamford-no account filed
April 2015HailStamford-no account filed
April 2015HailStamford-no account filed
May 2015HailStamford-no account filed
June 2014HailStamford-no account filed
June 2014HailStamford-no account filed
June 2013HailStamford-no account filed
June 2013HailStamford-no account filed
June 2013HailStamford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
New Hope5.3 miles11
Avoca7.2 miles11
Corinth7.2 miles11
Tuxedo7.9 miles12
Plainview9.7 miles11
Pastura11.5 miles12
Radium13.0 miles11
Funston13.4 miles11

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 StamfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982190The 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 1347793. 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.