Fisher County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Fisher County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 4, 2002Hail$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorms over Fisher County produced hail up to the size of golfballs. The hail caused damage to the public library as well as many homes in Rotan.

2. Jun 2, 2009Hail$700,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A supercell thunderstorm produced tennis ball to softball size hail in Roby. The combination of the strong winds and large hail resulted in damage that ranged from light to significant to approximately 100 homes. The Fisher County Sheriff's Office stated that 80 to 90 percent of the homes received damage to their roofs, siding and windows. Also, automobile windows were broken. The large hail lasted for 20 minutes.

3. Jun 1, 2003Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong thunderstorm winds moved through the town of Roby and caused structural damage to homes. Car windows were broken by flying debris. Numerous trees and power lines were downed.

4. Jun 2, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The combination of strong winds and very large hail damaged all north facing sides of buildings.

5. Jun 14, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds blew down telephone and power poles. Some of the utility poles were pulled right out of the ground. Livestock trailers were thrown around.

6. Jun 11, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An apparent downburst tore through the community of Rotan, severely damaging several businesses. One automotive garage was completely destroyed when its sheet metal roof and walls were blown away by the high winds. Several other buildings along Main Street lost part or all of their roofs, with the debris damaging other buildings downwind. Two schools suffered roof damage, allowing rain water to leak into the classrooms. In addition, trees and fences throughout the town were knocked down, and many houses suffered broken windows.

7. May 5, 2006Hail$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The hail storm dropped hail stones from the size of golfball to baseball size. The large hail along with wind gusts to near 50 mph damaged several homes, vehicles, farm equipment, windows, windshields, skylights and roofs in the hardest hit towns of Sylvester and McCaulley. The hail also stripped leaves and bark off trees. The storm produced a northwest to southeast hail swath about two miles wide that extended from Hobbs and Rotan to Sylvester.

8. May 23, 2013Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado, reported by storm chasers, impacted the east side of Rotan as it crossed State Highway 92 and the nearby golf course. The twister broke several large tree limbs, knocked down power poles and power lines, uprooted a few trees and tore off some roof shingles from a few homes. The tornado lifted near the intersection of South Genevieve Avenue and State Highway 70.

9. Jun 16, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Visibilities were reduced to zero in blowing dust.

10. Aug 14, 2005Flood, Fisher$30,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Law enforcement officials reported many roads across Fisher County were flooded from Sunday August 14th through August 17th. On the 14th, up to 3 feet of water was reported on the roads in Rotan. Many vehicles were also stalled in Rotan in the high water. Numerous roads around the county had water on them and several were closed. Heavy rains to near 10 inches over the past couple of days combined to produce flooding of many roads over the western half of Throckmorton County. Five to ten inches of rain over the past couple of days had combined to produce a period of flooding in portions of Jones county, especially along highway 83 where various locations were inundated.The Colorado…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

113°FJun 27, 1994

All-time low

−11°FJan 5, 1947

Warmest night

86°FJul 2, 1980

Coldest day

9°FDec 22, 1990

Wettest day

8.28 inSep 9, 1980

Snowiest day

10.0 inNov 16, 1980

Hottest year

2011mean 66.4°F

Coldest year

1945mean 61.0°F

Wettest year

199137.05 in

Driest year

19989.35 in

Snowiest season

24.0 in1972-73

Station Roscoe (USC00417743), 2,380 ft elevation, 23.2 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1937 to October 23, 2026; 95.8% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00417743.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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