The Albany plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.
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4.18 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1893. The next wettest, 3.30 inches, fell in 2004.
Albany’s center stands about 1,430 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,340 ft to 1,630 ft, a difference of 290 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Antelope Hills, about 1,740 ft, 15 miles north-northwest.
Under the town center the state geologic map shows Admiral Formation (claystone, shale), from the Permian, 252 to 299 million years old.
The section below crosses 11 rock units mapped at the surface.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 26×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.
Siltstone-mudstone. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.
Claystone. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.
Claystone, shale. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.
Limestone, shale. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.
Shale. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.
Shale. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.
From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale. 5 smaller units along the line are not listed.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
A raindrop that lands in Albany reaches the Gulf of America by way of North Fork Salt Prong Hubbard Creek, Salt Prong Hubbard Creek, Hubbard Creek, the Clear Fork and the Brazos: about 830 river miles.
Lakes on the way: Possum Kingdom Lake and Lake Granbury.
550 miles of the trip are on the Brazos.
Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Albany; river miles along the main stem, rounded.
Albany has a humid subtropical climate. Summer afternoons average 95° in July; winter nights fall to about 31° in January. About 29 inches of rain fall in a normal year, with about 2 inches of snow.
On November 14 Albany normally reaches 67° and falls to 42°. The record high is 87°, in 1955; the record low 15°, in 1916. The most rain on this date, 1.61 in, fell in 1994.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1893 at Albany, here. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
