Talco, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Talco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75487. The Survey maps it on the Talco quadrangle. 494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 364 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
3 figuresTalco fell from 570 to 494 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 570 | |
| 2010 | 516 | -54 (-9%) |
| 2020 | 494 | -22 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Talco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
253 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Talco between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,801 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 142 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6927 CR 1905 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7885 FM 71 W |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3290 CR 2110 |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 508 S 6TH |
| 30 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARGROVE EST. |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1569 TCRD 1925 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talco in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 7 flash flood, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Talco | $100,000 | Upwards of 63 roads were closed at one time across Titus County and 3 high water rescues were required. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | $50,000 | Strong wind gusts knocked down trees and power lines. Shingles were blown off some roofs and a mobile home was pushed off its foundation. |A mobile home was also damaged when a tree fell across it. No injuries were reported. A tree also fell across a truck in town. The roof was taken off an old supermarket along Hwy. 271. |
| December 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Talco | $5,000 | The tornado began near a power plant and moved southeast through the town of Talco crossing feet south of Highway 171 and 71 intersection inside the city limits then continued almost due east paralleling Highway 71 on the south side. The tornado moved around 25 mph but displayed a zig-zagged movement. The tornado was reported to have had a well formed condensation tube that pulsed from grey to white. The tornado moved across several trees causing strong shaking but only small branches about twig sized were broken and carried away. The tornado then moved across a mobile home ripping its corragated tin roof off and one piece of the roof was carried 1.1 miles and fell in a pasture. The rest of the roof was twisted in the trees near tree tops about 30 feet in height from the property edge to about one-third mile away. The rest of the mobile home remainded intact. One small utility shed and one chicken house had its roof ripped apart with a 2x6 snapped. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | $5,000 | Trees were uprooted by thunderstorm winds. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto a road. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Talco | - | Golfball size hail fell just south of Talco. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Talco | - | Golf ball size hail reported at a gas station in Talco. |
| April 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Talco | - | A rapidly rotating funnel cloud was observed near Talco. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Talco | - | Quarter size hail fell near Highway 271 between Talco and Mount Pleasant. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | Trees down on Highway 71 near Talco. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Talco | - | Hwy. 71 was flooded and closed across the northern portion of Titus County, Texas as was County Road 1915. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Talco | - | Hwy. 71 between Talco and Sugar Hill has water covering the road in several locations. Other road surfaces were flooded and closed across the northern portion of Titus County, Texas. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Talco | - | One inch hail was reported in Talco, Texas. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | Several trees were downed near Talco, Texas. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | A tree was reported downed near CR. 1915. |
| October 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Talco | - | A funnel cloud was nearly to the ground one miles northwest of Talco, Texas. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Talco | - | Several trees were snapped along in the town of Talco Texas. Some of the trees also brought down powerlines. Numerous limbs and small trees were downed east along FM 71 and south along CR 1905. Maximum winds are estimated at 60-65 mph. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Talco | - | Numerous county roads were flooded and closed across the county. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | Several trees were downed across the northern portion of the county. Trees were reported down north of Hwy 67 as well as County Road 4025. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | Several trees downed in the Sugar Hill community. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Talco | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in widespread road closures across portions of the county. Road closures were reported in the town of Talco and three people had to be rescued from their car on CR 4410 which was flooded. There were no report of injuries. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Talco | - | Hwy. 271 was closed due to excessive heavy rainfall resulting in flooding. |
| November 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Talco | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near the Sugar Hill community. The funnel cloud was rope like in appearance and was observed crossing over the Sulphur River into southeast Red River County. NWS storm survey found no damage track. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | Trees down across the town. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | Several oaks toppled. Three inch diameter limbs blown off trees. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | Trees and powerlines down. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talco | - | High winds blew several trees down. |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Talco | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Talco | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Talco | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Talco | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Talco | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Talco | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Talco | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Talco | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Talco | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Springs | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| White Oak | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bridges Chapel | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Wilkinson | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Green Hill | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Marshall Springs | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| West New Hope | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 10.7 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 Talco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969309 | 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 1369562. 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.




