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Texline, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Texline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79087. It stands on Perico Creek. The Survey maps it on the Texline North quadrangle. 448 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,692 feet above sea level.

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Texline within Dallam County

Population over time

3 figures

Texline fell from 511 to 448 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.

YearPeople Change
2000511
2010507-4 (-1%)
2020448-59 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Texline between 2005 and 2019, burning about 2,931 acres in total. 2 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
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
13 September 2015Natural5.5 acresCibola National ForestLONE TREE
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service87 N
7 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRAIL ROAD
10 July 2011Natural291 acresCimarron DistrictFOUR EAST
28 May 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1,022 acresTexas A & M Forest Service385 2
29 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM 2
29 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM 3
13 April 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution14 acresCibola National ForestDELLINGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Texline: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texline in 76 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 46 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 dust devil. 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
May 1996Tornado (F1)Texline$200,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindTexline$125,000Four sprinklers loaded with water were picked up...twisted and then turned over by the high winds.
June 2003HailTexline$70,000The large hail broke out all of the skylights in a house and barn plus all of the windows in the the house and tore siding off the house. At least one thousand and five acres of corn, three thousand acres of wheat, and two thousand acres of feed milo plus an additional fourteen circles of corn and wheat were destroyed by the hail.
May 2024HailTexline$20,000Hail ranging from quarter to baseball size fell across and just to the south of Texline.
September 2025HailTexline$10,000A supercell thunderstorm moved across Texline and brought large hail of 2.25 inches to 2.5 inches across the city.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTexline$10,000High winds damaged an irrigation pivot.
May 2024HailTexline$10,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTexline$7,000The local law enforcement reported that thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and power lines on the west and north sides of Texline.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindTexline-First severe wind gust occurred at 1813 CDT and last severe wind gust occurred at 1815 CDT at the mesonet site two miles north of Texline.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindTexline-A 71mph wind gust was measured at the mesonet site located two miles north of Texline. This gust was followed by a 65mph and 60mph wind gust as well.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Texline-This tornado remained in open grassland causing no damage. The only damage indicator it crossed was a powerline on E0330 Road which was not damaged. It did result in flattened grass along a portion of its track. The total track length was around 9.4 miles.
May 2024HailTexline-A swath of quarter size hail fell in Texline and just to the east of town.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTexline-First wind gust was at 1749CDT was 60 mph. The max wind gust of 61 mph occurred at 1751CDT. Severe wind gusts persisted for 6 minutes from 1749 through 1755CDT.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTexline-This mesonet showed additional gusts of 58-60mph several | times from 1737CDT through 1750CDT.
June 2022Dust DevilTexline-While this was a breezy to windy day, the brief gust of 60 mph Texline site stood out to be much higher than any others in the area. Investigation into this by the West Texas Mesonet team showed pressure changes which suggested this gust was likely due to a large dust devil.
May 2020HailTexline-A lot of half inch size hail stones and a few stones up to the size of a quarter fell in Texline.
June 2019HailTexline-Just under quarter size hail was reported by a trained spotter.
June 2019HailTexline-Golf ball hail was reported by a trained spotter just east of Texline.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTexline-Trained spotter estimated wind gust of 60 MPH.
April 2016HailTexline-Quarter size hail was reported in Texline.
September 2016HailTexline-Pea to quarter size hail covering the ground with heavy rain for 20 minutes south-southeast of Texline.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTexline-A cluster of thunderstorms moved into the Texas Panhandle during the early afternoon hours of the 14th. As storms neared Texline (Dallam County), a trained storms spotter reported a 60 mph downburst in town. After producing this downburst the cluster of storms continued moving southward across the Panhandle.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTexline-A cluster of thunderstorms moved into the Texas Panhandle during the early afternoon hours of the 14th. As storms neared Texline (Dallam County), a member of the public reported a downburst severely damaged a grain elevator and silo. The speed of this downburst was estimated at 65 mph. After producing this downburst the cluster of storms continued moving southward across the Panhandle.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindTexline-A discrete thunderstorm moved along the western edge of Dallam County during the evening hours of the 7th. As the thunderstorm moved over the town of Texline (Dallam County), a trained storm spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust. This thunderstorm continued moving to the north before merging with a developing squall line along the Oklahoma and New Mexico state line.
July 2007HailTexline-Time of the hail was estimated.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTexline-Several large tree banches were reported to be broken by the winds.
March 2001Tornado (F0)Texline-Three public reports of a rope...thin tornado with no damage. The tornado remained over open country.
May 1994HailTexline-Skywarn spotters reported dime- to nickel-size hail from a severe thunderstorm over the community of Texline.
May 1994HailTexline-Skywarn spotters reported dime- to nickel-size hail from a severe thunderstorm over the community of Texline.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
July 2023HailTexline-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTexline-no account filed
June 2019HailTexline-no account filed
July 2019HailTexline-no account filed
June 2017HailTexline-no account filed
August 2017HailTexline-no account filed
September 2016HailTexline-no account filed
May 2010HailTexline-no account filed
May 2010HailTexline-no account filed
May 2010HailTexline-no account filed
July 2009HailTexline-no account filed
August 2009HailTexline-no account filed
August 2009HailTexline-no account filed
August 2009HailTexline-no account filed
August 2009HailTexline-no account filed
July 2009HailTexline-no account filed
June 2008HailTexline-no account filed
May 2008HailTexline-no account filed
June 2008HailTexline-no account filed
March 2007HailTexline-no account filed
June 2005HailTexline-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallam 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
Corlena6.0 miles7
Perico11.0 miles7
Thompson Grove11.9 miles7
Buffalo Springs15.9 miles7
Windy Hill18.0 miles6
Bunker Hill19.1 miles6
Ware21.3 miles6
Coldwater21.6 miles7

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 TexlineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973406The 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 1369762. 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.