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Stanton, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79782. The Survey maps it on the Stanton quadrangle. 2,657 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,664 feet above sea level.

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Stanton within Martin County

On record in Stanton

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Stanton grew from 2,492 to 2,657 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
20102,492
20202,657+165 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Stanton between 2008 and 2014, burning about 878 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 163-164 I-20
24 August 2008Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 March 2008Smoking5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 February 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 February 2008Smoking3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined652 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOTTON FIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanton in 77 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 49 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2002Thunderstorm WindStanton$75,000Multiple reports of 70 mph thunderstorm winds. Damage reported in Stanton included large trees uprooted, roofs lost on three structures, and a large barn was damaged.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindStanton$50,000no account filed
November 1994Thunderstorm WindStanton$50,000no account filed
May 2020Flash FloodStanton$20,000Heavy rain fell across Martin County and produced flash flooding in Stanton. There were four stalled cars. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 2020Flash FloodStanton$10,000Heavy rain moved across Martin County and produced flash flooding near Stanton. There was water up to the steering wheel on a mini van on the service road at mile marker 158 on I-20. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 2015HailStanton$10,000A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced tennis ball sized hail in Stanton. The only damage that was reported during a damage survey was a few dents on the hood of some cars. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindStanton$10,000Law enforcement officials reported power lines blown down by damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindStanton$10,000High winds knocked down power poles in Stanton
July 2016Thunderstorm WindStanton$7,000A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced wind damage in Stanton. There was a roof partially blown off of a home in Stanton. A large tree was also blown down. The time of damage was estimated from radar. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindStanton$5,000A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced wind damage in Stanton. There were broken tree limbs and damaged car ports in Stanton. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 1994HailStanton$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailStanton$5,000no account filed
November 1994Thunderstorm WindStanton$5,000no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindStanton$4,000A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced an estimated 60 mph wind gust in Stanton. In southwest Stanton, playground equipment was turned over and a roof was removed from part of a house. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindStanton$2,500Utility poles were knocked down by microburst winds from a small single cell storm that was in a broken line of storms moving to the east.
May 1994HailStanton$500no account filed
May 1994HailStanton$500no account filed
May 2025HailStanton-Golf ball-size hail was reported in Stanton by the public. The time of occurrence was estimated by both the report and by radar.
June 2025HailStanton-A report was received from the public of half dollar-size hail in Stanton. The time of occurrence is estimated from radar.
June 2025HailStanton-Multiple pictures were received from social media of tennis ball-size hail in Stanton. The time of occurrence is estimated by radar.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindStanton-A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced a 60 mph wind gust one mile west of Stanton.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindStanton-A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced a 60 mph wind gust six miles north of Stanton.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindStanton-A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced an estimated 60 mph wind gust in Merrick lasting five to ten minutes.
July 2014Funnel CloudStanton-A thunderstorm moved across Martin County and produced a brief tropical funnel near Stanton. No damage was reported.
April 2007HailStanton-Penny to nickel size hail was covering Interstate 20 northeast of Stanton.
August 2004HailStanton-The storm that produced large hail over Greenwood moved northeast into Martin County. Motorists traveling along Interstate 20 reported golfball size hail just outside of Stanton.
August 2004Flash FloodStanton-A trained storm spotter reported flood waters in excess of a foot deep flowing over Interstate 20 on the Martin/Midland County line.
May 2003Flash FloodStanton-A spotter reported very heavy rainfall resulting in flash flooding on most city streets in Stanton.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindStanton-The S.O. dispatcher estimated wind gusts from a severe thunderstorm reached 60 MPH at her residence north of Stanton.
May 2000HailStanton-This cluster of storms moved to the northeast along I-20. On a day with well over 100 non-severe storms, these were the most intense. The most organized cell was the Stanton storm having sustained overhang for almost 30 minutes. The overhang was on the leading (east) side of this cell. Also during the height of the storm at Midland International Airport the temperature dipped to within one degree of the record low for the day.
May 1998HailStanton-This storm developed on the same boundary as Andrews County storm. About the time of this report the storm briefly exhibited characteristics of a Classic Supercell, but the storm sent out an outflow boundary to the south that blocked its inflow.
May 1998HailStanton-This storm formed along the outflow boundary of the Lenorah storm.
June 1997HailStanton-Golfball size hail fell along the Midland/Martin County line on State Highway 349.
June 1997HailStanton-This storm formed of the southern flank of the storm that passed over north Midland.
May 1997HailStanton-The storms in Dawson and Gaines Counties weakened as they moved southward, then sent out an outflow boundary that served as the focus for new development in Martin County. The character of these storms was much different as a cluster of very small cells formed versus the well-organized single cell to the north.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindStanton-A line of thunderstorms moving east out of New Mexico formed a bow echo. A truck was jackknifed 11 miles north of Lamesa by the strong winds. Four utility poles were snapped north of Lamesa. A local radio station in Lamesa recorded 68 mph winds. Many trees in Lamesa were downed, some onto cars and houses, according to the sheriff's office. As the line of storms started to turn southeast, 60 mph winds were reported by the public in Three Leagues. In Stanton, wind gusts up to 85 mph were reported.
October 1993HailStanton-Morning severe weather hit the Permian Basin. Quarter-size hail was reported by the National Weather Service office at Midland International Airport 1003 CST. A NWS co-operative observer in Stanton reported dime-size hail at 1045 CST. The public reported dime-size hail in Big Spring at 1130 CST and 4 miles north of Stanton at 1222 CST.
May 2021HailStanton-no account filed
May 2020HailStanton-no account filed
May 2020HailStanton-no account filed
May 2019HailStanton-no account filed
May 2019HailStanton-no account filed
May 2016HailStanton-no account filed
May 2015HailStanton-no account filed
May 2015HailStanton-no account filed
April 2009HailStanton-no account filed
April 2009HailStanton-no account filed
April 2007HailStanton-no account filed
April 2006HailStanton-no account filed
July 2005HailStanton-no account filed
March 2004HailStanton-no account filed
March 2003HailStanton-no account filed
May 2003HailStanton-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindStanton-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindStanton-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindStanton-no account filed
June 2003HailStanton-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindStanton-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindStanton-no account filed
May 2001HailStanton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Martin 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
Dix4.5 miles8
Courtney6.3 miles8
Lenorah13.0 miles8
Grady14.4 miles8
Tarzan15.7 miles8
Merrick17.8 miles8
Brown20.6 miles9
Flower Grove25.5 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 StantonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973116The 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 1347803. 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.