79258 ZIP Code
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ZIP code 79258 covers South Plains, Texas.
- Time zone
- Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Where 79258 is
South Plains, Texas — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.
Natural hazard risk
FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.
| Overall risk | Higher than 94.1% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| FEMA rating | Relatively High |
| Expected annual loss | 91.2 out of 100 |
| Community resilience | 29.3 out of 100 |
By hazard
Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.
| Hail | 99.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Drought | 99.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Strong wind | 98.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Winter weather | 96.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Wildfire | 95.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Tornado | 93.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Ice storm | 86.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Cold wave | 75.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Lightning | 73.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| River flooding | 64.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hurricane | 50.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Landslide | 37.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Earthquake | 29.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Heat wave | 18.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
Climate
NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.
| Weather station | FLOYDADA, TX US26.7 km away |
|---|---|
| Rain in a year | 20 in |
| Snow in a year | 4 in |
Average high and low by month
| January | 52.1°F / 25.3°F0.71 in rain, 0.9 in snow |
|---|---|
| February | 56.6°F / 28.2°F0.69 in rain, 1.2 in snow |
| March | 65.2°F / 35.6°F1.33 in rain, 0.5 in snow |
| April | 73.4°F / 43.5°F1.47 in rain, 0.1 in snow |
| May | 81.5°F / 54.2°F3.11 in rain |
| June | 89.5°F / 63.8°F3.41 in rain |
| July | 92.4°F / 67.9°F1.82 in rain |
| August | 91.2°F / 66.5°F1.98 in rain |
| September | 83.5°F / 59°F2.62 in rain |
| October | 73.9°F / 47.1°F1.45 in rain, 0.1 in snow |
| November | 61.8°F / 34.9°F0.75 in rain, 0.7 in snow |
| December | 52.9°F / 26.8°F0.85 in rain, 0.9 in snow |
Access to food
USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.
| Low income and far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
| No vehicle and far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
School districts
NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.
| Floydada Collegiate Independent School District | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|
Community and walkability
CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.
| Overall social vulnerability | 64more vulnerable than 64% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomic status | 68more vulnerable than 68% of US census tracts |
| Household characteristics | 79more vulnerable than 79% of US census tracts |
| Racial and ethnic minority status | 70more vulnerable than 70% of US census tracts |
| Housing type and transport | 30more vulnerable than 30% of US census tracts |
| Walkability | 5.2 out of 20Least walkable |
Nearby ZIP codes
The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.
| 79241 Lockney, TX | 13.8 km away |
|---|---|
| 79221 Aiken, TX | 21.9 km away |
| 79257 Silverton, TX | 26.7 km away |
| 79235 Floydada, TX | 27.9 km away |
| 79234 Flomot, TX | 28.1 km away |
| 79255 Quitaque, TX | 29.7 km away |
| 79231 Dougherty, TX | 37 km away |
| 79072 Plainview, TX | 38.4 km away |
Location, counties and time zone
County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.
| Floyd County | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central (UTC-06:00 standard) |
| Daylight saving time | Observed |
| Land area | 18.55 sq mi |
| Latitude, longitude | 34.2245, -101.3096 |
Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.