Sulphur Springs, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs quadrangle. 15,941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
On record in Sulphur Springs
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
Hopkins County Courthouselisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresSulphur Springs grew from 15,449 to 15,941 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 | 15,449 | |
| 2020 | 15,941 | +492 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 2006 and 2018, burning about 428 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN-6231 |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6221 |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IVERY |
| 16 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6328 |
| 7 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4762 |
| 29 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 118 E/B |
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLAYTON HOMES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs Brick Co | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sulphur Springs in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 85 mph blew down signs in Sulphur Springs and did structural damage to a barn just north of town. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | $40,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, a metal roof was blown off a building, a feed store was destroyed, and signs were blown down by high winds. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | $5,000 | Trees were uprooted by high winds, and a calf barn was destroyed. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds east of Sulphur Springs. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | $1,000 | Several sheds were blown down and trees were blown across the road. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Sulphur Springs | - | A tornado was reported over Lake Sulphur Springs on the north side of Sulphur Springs. |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Sulphur Springs | - | A tornado was reported over Lake Sulphur Springs on the north side of Sulphur Springs. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | - | Large tree limbs were blown down by high winds. |
| November 1994 | Hail | Sulphur Springs | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Sulphur Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Sulphur Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Sulphur Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Sulphur Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Sulphur Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockdale | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Martin Springs | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Good Neighbor | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Thermo | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gafford | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Tazewell | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Brinker | 5.8 miles | 9 |
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 Sulphur Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978175 | 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 1348056. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




