Texas county map / Potter County
Potter County, Texas
County seat: Amarillo. County FIPS: 48375.
581,376 land acres in the January 2026 Census county boundary reference. This is total county land, including land outside pasture and agriculture.
Census geography and land area · Texas State Library county seats. Reference sources checked October 3, 2026.
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Reported county conditions
Each report carries its own date, unit and coverage. A missing county report means coverage is unknown.
Drought
18.19% in drought
Source date:
Unit: % in drought
D0: 81.81%; D1: 18.19%; D2: 0%; D3: 0%; D4: 0%. D0 is abnormally dry; drought begins at D1.
Coverage and method
County land in moderate through exceptional drought (D1–D4). USDM releases weekly on Thursday using conditions through Tuesday.
Weather alerts
0 active alerts at check
Source date:
Unit: alerts
No active county-mapped NWS alerts in this complete source response. This is not a local weather forecast.
Coverage and method
Issued and currently effective NWS alerts by county. Automatic checks follow the saved source interval. Warning areas may cover only part of a county; individual issue, onset, and expiry times are preserved.
Screwworm zones
No county observation available
Unit: zone notice
Official county notice checked automatically on access. Only parts of the listed counties may be inside zones; unlisted counties remain unknown.
Armyworm reports
No county observation available
Source registry only; no automated surveillance feed or current county observations.
Cattle markets
$435.00 / cwt
Source date: · Refresh needed
Unit: $/cwt
Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado; 500–599 lb Medium and Large 1 steers; 3 head in price sample; 1,274 total sale receipts. Calculated pounds-weighted mean of rounded report rows.
Coverage and method
Selected auction reports: 500–599 lb Medium and Large 1 steers. Prices are mapped to the auction county, not the cattle's origin or a countywide price. Sale receipts include all reported classes.
Pounds-weighted mean of published row average prices using head × average weight. Approximate because source row averages are rounded.
Cattle concentration
0.066 head / land acre
Source date: · Historical baseline
Unit: head / land acre
38,219 cattle and calves (2022 inventory) / 581,376 total county land acres (2026 boundaries). Includes all cattle classes; county land includes non-pasture uses.
Coverage and method
2022 USDA Census cattle and calves inventory divided by 2026 Census total county land acres. A historical concentration measure; it does not estimate pasture stocking rate or carrying capacity.
Auction report sources in Potter County
2 listed sources in this county. Barn listings and collected prices have different coverage. Open each source for its own date and check the operator before travelling.
- Amarillo Livestock Auction — directory evidence
100 S. Manhattan St., Amarillo, Texas. Directory evidence reviewed .
TSCRA lists this auction under Potter County. The listing is a historical directory reference; current operation, street address and sale schedule need operator confirmation. The historical site supplied no readable operator identity in this check.
- Lonestar Stockyards — reports
2101 Adkisson Road, Wildorado, Texas 79098. Operator source checked .
Current operator address exactly matched by Census geocoder to Potter County. Older registry assigned Oldham from the mailing city; that assignment is not reused.
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News mentioning Potter County
No headline in the current collection explicitly identifies this county. Read the statewide news collection.
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