Roaring Springs, Texas

Back to Roaring Springs, TX housing info, Motley County, Texas, TX smaller cities, TX small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Motley County Population in July 2008: 234. Population change since 2000: -11.7%   Males: 119   (50.9%) Females: 115   (49.1%) Median resident age:   45.1 years Texas median age:   32.3 years Zip codes: 79256. Estimated median household income in 2007: $36,618 (it was $26,250 in 2000) Roaring Springs:   $36,618 Texas:   $47,548 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $20,094 Roaring Springs:   $20,094 Texas:   $23,938 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $47,933 (it was $26,100 in 2000) Roaring Springs:   $47,933 Texas:   $120,900 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $109,268; Detached houses: $60,606; Mobile homes: $1,250,000 Roaring Springs, TX residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Roaring Springs: White Non-Hispanic (89.4%) Hispanic (8.3%) Other race (6.0%) Black (1.5%) Two or more races (0.8%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) 2008 cost of living index in Roaring Springs: 71.6 (low, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Roaring Springs, Texas on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Roaring Springs Ranch, Camp Wood  (1 reply) Old-Timers in LUBBOCK, Help Please  (23 replies) Ancestries: German (10.2%), United States (9.8%), English (8.7%), French (4.5%), Irish (4.5%), Dutch (3.0%). Current Local Time: CST time zone Land area: 1.07 square miles. Population density: 219 people per square mile   (very low).

Average climate in Roaring Springs, Texas

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Roaring Springs-area historical tornado activity is near Texas state average. It is 90% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/24/1960, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 8.6 miles away from the Roaring Springs town center caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.

On 5/1/1984, a category 3 tornado 9.4 miles away from the town center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Roaring Springs-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Texas state average. It is 95% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 60.5 miles away from Roaring Springs center
On 1/29/2008 at 10:24:53, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 69.4 miles away from the city center
On 2/15/1997 at 09:08:55, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 76.0 miles away from the city center
On 10/7/2007 at 13:54:21, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, 2.7 MD, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 58.6 miles away from Roaring Springs center
On 2/12/1997 at 23:53:10, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 72.4 miles away from the city center
On 11/23/1996 at 10:54:18, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 81.3 miles away from Roaring Springs center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

Political contributions by individuals in Roaring Springs, TX

• Buzz Field Airport (Runways: 1, Itinerant Ops: 150, Local Ops: 50)

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Cemetery: Scott Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.3 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	70.1%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.1%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
• Gay men: 0.9% of all households

This town:	18.1%
Whole state:	15.4%

This town:	8.4%
Whole state:	6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Roaring Springs, TX

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6.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,192 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.50%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

6.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,852 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.73%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

• James H Feeney, 1 Mi W, Type: Tower, Structure height: 106.6 m, Overall height: 107.5 m
  Registrant: Pc One Cable LLC, 17 South Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, NJ 07446, Phone: (201) 825-9090, Email:

• 1 Mi W Of City On Farm Rd 684, Overall height: 8.5 m, Call Sign: WLK459, Licensee ID: L00004308
  Assigned Frequencies : 2178.00 MHz
  Grant Date: 01/17/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 01/11/2008
  Registrant: Cap Rock Telephone Cooperative Inc, 121 East 3rd St, Spur, TX 79370

• Call Sign: KL0EX, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00802220
  Grant Date: 01/05/2007, Expiration Date: 03/12/2017
  Registrant: Floyd E Carter, Roaring Springs, TX 79256

• Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-235 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 HP) (Reciprocating)
  N-Number: 44586 , Serial Number: 28-7410098, Year manufactured: 1974, Airworthiness Date: 08/20/1974
  Registrant (Individual): James H Stephens, Po Box 204, Roaring Springs, TX 79256