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Whiteface, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Whiteface census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79379. The Survey maps it on the Whiteface quadrangle. 375 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,681 feet above sea level.

Whiteface within Cochran County

Population over time

2 figures

Whiteface fell from 449 to 375 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
2010449
2020375-74 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Whiteface between 2005 and 2019, burning about 5,128 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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 May 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 March 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution30 acresTexas A & M Forest Service19027
2 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 February 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST OF COCHRAN CO.
27 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,000 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochran County

Storms near this place

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whiteface in 50 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 28 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2002HailWhiteface$50,000Storm spotters affiliated with the Morton FD reported golfball size hail.
June 1997HailWhiteface$50,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindWhiteface$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power poles and damaged a roof.
June 2003HailWhiteface$25,000no account filed
June 1997HailWhiteface$20,000no account filed
June 1997HailWhiteface$20,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWhiteface$15,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWhiteface$10,000Strong wind damaged an irrigation system.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Whiteface$5,000no account filed
June 2025HailWhiteface-Several storm chasers reported hail south of Whiteface ranging in size from ping pong ball to tennis ball size. No damage was reported at the time.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a severe wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 1601 CST through 1611 CST. A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured at 1602 CST.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 2121 CST through 2127 CST. A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured at 2127 CST.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 2147 CST through 2151 CST. A peak wind gust of 66 mph was measured at 2151 CST.
October 2023HailWhiteface-An emergency management official reported hail up to golf ball size in Whiteface.
October 2023Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 1903 CST through 1908 CST. A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured at 1908 CST.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 1857 CST through 1937 CST. A peak wind gust of 66 mph was measured at 1857 CST.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 1557 CST through 1622 CST. A peak wind gust of 78 mph was measured at 1602 CST.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a wind gust of 62 mph at 1749 CST.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 2355 CST through 2357 CST on the second. A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured at 2355 CST.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts of 65 mph from 1325 through 1330 CST.
July 2021Heavy RainWhiteface-The Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet near Sundown reported 1.57 inches of rain falling within 25 minutes, with 2.45 inches of rain within one hour.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a peak wind gust of 66 mph at 2230 CST. Severe winds were measured from 2225 through 2230 CST.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a wind gust to 62 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a wind gust to 59 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a wind gust to 60 mph.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet in extreme southeast Cochran County.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a wind gust to 62 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet near Sundown.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site southwest of Sundown reported a wind gust to 61 mph.
May 2015HailWhiteface-A trained spotter observed hail up to quarter size covering the ground. No damage was noted.
June 2015HailWhiteface-The Cochran County emergency manager estimated 1.5 inch hailstones at FM Roads 1780 and 1585. Damage was unknown.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet located eight miles west-southwest of Sundown recorded downburst winds of 82 mph and 76 mph at 1725 CST and 1730 CST, respectively.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site south of Whiteface recorded a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust just before 22:00 CST. No damage was reported.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-Severe winds associated with a broad scale thunderstorm outflow and an accompanying blinding dust storm spread northward over Cochran County shortly after 18:00 CST. A peak wind gust of 79 mph was recorded by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site south of Whiteface. Winds gusting as high as 68 mph also were measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet near Morton at 17:25 CST.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-A severe thunderstorm wind gust up to 71 mph was measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Sundown. No damage was reported.
March 2007HailWhiteface-The Cochran County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail in Whiteface shortly before 20:00 CST. No damage was reported.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-The Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet station 8 miles southwest of Sundown measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWhiteface-The Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet station 8 SW Sundown measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2003HailWhiteface-The public reported golfball size hail.
May 2002HailWhiteface-An off-duty NWS employee reported golfball size hail.
May 2001HailWhiteface-Storm spotters reported golfball size hail.
May 2019HailWhiteface-no account filed
May 2005HailWhiteface-no account filed
June 2003HailWhiteface-no account filed
May 2001HailWhiteface-no account filed
May 2001HailWhiteface-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Whiteface-no account filed
June 1997HailWhiteface-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cochran 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
Girlstown USA7.8 miles8
Lehman9.9 miles7
Morton11.6 miles7
Famuliner14.5 miles7
Star Route (historical)16.8 miles7
Neely Ward18.7 miles7
Bledsoe21.6 miles5
Griffith24.1 miles5

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 WhitefaceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q978396The 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 1371436. 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.