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One of 1 National Register listings published here for Sterling County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Sterling City Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 415 Stadium Ave., Sterling City, 76951
- When was it listed? October 2020
- Category. building
- Also known as. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Depots of Texas MPS
- Census division. Sterling City
- National Register reference number. 100005690 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sterling City Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot between 2006 and 2018, burning about 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORWOOD H&H |
| 27 May 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5 S US 87 |
| 16 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAWKINS RD& FM 678 |
| 9 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 87 S |
| 23 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7TH&COMMERCE |
Storms near this property
60 of 147 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sterling City, the town this property stands in, in 147 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 90 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 13 flash flood, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | $50,000 | Winds tore shingles off buildings in Sterling City. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | $5,000 | Power lines were damaged as a result of strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sterling City | $5,000 | Baseball size hail broke an estimated 40 to 50 windows in residences just northwest of Sterling City. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and destroyed a carport just northwest of Sterling City. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off of a barn and overturned a trailer on the south side of Sterling City. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | $2,000 | Severe wind gusts were measured at 70 MPH in Sterling City. The winds caused tree damage and some minor building damage. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Sterling City | $500 | The Sterling County Sheriff's Office reported golfball-size hail in Sterling City at 1943 CST. At 2000 CST, quarter-size hail fell in the city, according to a storm spotter. Only minor damage resulted from the hail. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Sterling City | $50 | The Sterling County Sheriff's Office reported golfball-size hail in Sterling City at 1943 CST. At 2000 CST, quarter-size hail fell in the city, according to a storm spotter. Only minor damage resulted from the hail. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | The Sterling City West Texas Mesonet station measured a wind gust of 59 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 70 mph. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sterling City | - | The public reported hail damage to cars and broken tree limbs. Half dollar size hail reported. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sterling City | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sterling City | - | A storm chaser reported ping pong ball size hail. Time of report estimated by radar. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sterling City | - | The Sterling County Sheriff Office reported golf ball size hail in Sterling City. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A mesonet observation station near Sterling City measured a wind gust of 78 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Law enforcement reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | Law enforcement reported a tin roof blown off a structure along Highway 158 northeast of Sterling City. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | Law Enforcement reported winds gusts of 70 mph. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Sterling City | - | The County Sheriff reported dime to ping pong ball size hail on the Sterling-Glasscock County line on US 87. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Sterling City | - | The public reported hail up to 2 inches in diameter in Sterling City. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A NWS Employee estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust in Sterling City. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Sterling City | - | A NWS Storm Survey was conducted for this tornado that was videotaped by many storm chasers throughout it's track across northern Sterling County. We found many snapped Mesquite tree trunks and plenty of tree limb damage. The tornado moved large wind turbine propellers at two different locations, and it snapped 16 power poles across two ranches. The tornado caused a wind mill stand to bend over. A nearby crane located about a mile south of the tornado track or in the rear flank downdraft, measured a wind speed of 109 mph. The twister destroyed a camper. ||The collective videotapes on social media from the many storm chasers, showed the tornado starting out as a multi-vortex tornado in the northwest part of Sterling County around 711 PM CDT, transitioning to a large cone near the wind farms, and then becoming rain wrapped as it struck the gas plant at around 747 PM CDT. As the tornado struck a gas plant on State Highway 163, it slung a large dumpster about 300 yards into a nearby pasture, snapped a telephone pole and threw a large Conix container about 50 feet. It also bent one of the towers on the plant. ||Many thanks to the Sterling County Sheriff's Department, the Stewart Ranch, National Weather Service Midland, other ranchers and all of the storm chasers for their excellent assistance. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Sterling City | - | A storm chaser reported baseball size hail. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | The Sterling City 4 WSW Mesonet recorded a wind gust of 61 mph. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Sterling City | - | The Sterling County Sheriffs Office reported golf ball size hail. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Sterling City | - | The large hail was reported at the Lucid Energy Facility. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Law enforcement reported nickel size hail in Sterling City. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | Law enforcement reported trees down and a lot of lofted dust 10 miles north of Sterling City. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | Law enforcement reported a power pole broken in half with the winds estimated at 80 mph. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Mesonet site located 4 miles west southwest of Sterling City. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | The Sterling County sheriff's office reported a metal roof ripped off a home. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet site near Sterling City measured a wind gust of 77 mph. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Sterling City | - | The public reported golf ball size hail along US Highway 87 about 12.5 miles northwest of Sterling City. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | The West Texas Mesonet near Sterling City measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Sterling City | - | The tornado was observed by the public about 14 miles north of Sterling City to briefly touch down on State Highway 163. It was on the ground for about one minute. This report was relayed through the Sterling County Sheriff's office. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Sterling City | - | Texas State Highway 163 just north of Sterling City was closed due to high water. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Sterling City | - | The water was 10 feet over the Washington Street Bridge at the North Concho River just south of Sterling City. The water rose a foot every 12 minutes. |
| October 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A NWS Cooperative observer reported several large tree limbs down about 5 to 10 feet long. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | There was no power in Sterling City. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A National Weather Service employee estimated a damaging wind gust at 60 mph. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Sterling City | - | A storm chaser videotaped this tornado. He was located at the intersection of State Highway 163 and FM 2139 as he was looking to the west southwest. He said it only lasted for 90 seconds before it transitioned into the rope stage. |
| May 2014 | Flood | Sterling City | - | Law enforcement reported State Highway 163 was flooded about 4 to 6 miles south of Sterling City. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Sterling City | - | This report was relayed through the Midland National Weather Service Forecast Office. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Golf ball size hail was reported on the west side of Sterling City. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Golf ball size hail was reported on the west side of Sterling City. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | An amateur radio operator estimated a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Sterling City | - | A tornado was reported on the Sterling and Mitchell County line. It was relayed through the National Weather Service Office in Midland by several trained spotters. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Sterling City | - | Law enforcement officials reported six inches of flowing water at the intersection of U.S. Highways 163 and 87. |
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling City | - | A Sheriff's Department Official reported an overturned trailer, downed power lines and power poles, and a barn that lost its roof, in Western Sterling County. |
| October 2009 | Hail | Sterling City | - | A trained spotter reported golfball size hail on the side of the road. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Quarter size hail was reported on highway 158 north northeast of Sterling City. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Nickel Size hail was reported on highway 156 which is 6 miles west of Sterling City. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Nickel Size hail was reported on highway 163 about 5 miles south of Sterling City. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Sterling City | - | Nickel Size hail was reported on highway 156 which is 6 miles west of Sterling City. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Sterling City | - | A commercial truck driver witnessed a tornado over open country in western Sterling County. The tornado was on the ground for a few minutes and produced no noticeable damage. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Sterling City | - | The Texas Department of Transportation placed high water signs for water crossing over State Highway 163 located about 9 miles northwest of Sterling City. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Sterling City | - | Heavy rain and flooding washed out a graveled road just south of Sterling City. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Sterling City | - | The Texas Department of Transportation had to put high water signs for water over the road on Ranch Road 2139 located about 6 miles southwest of Sterling City. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005690 in Record Group 79. |
| Sterling County | All 1 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.