Editing Pecan Gap, Texas (section)

==Geography==
Pecan Gap is located at the junction of [[Farm to Market Road]]s 64 and 128.

Pecan Gap is one of just two incorporated communities in Delta County. The city is the second largest in the county, population-wise, behind [[Cooper, Texas|Cooper]].<ref name="Find a County">{{cite web |title=Places in Delta County |work=Delta County, TX |author=Staff |publisher=National Association of Counties |year=2005 |url=http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/citiescounty.cfm&CountyID=48119 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927103258/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fcitiescounty.cfm&CountyID=48119 |archive-date=September 27, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Delta pop">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=September 9, 2014 |year=2000 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 |author=Staff }}</ref> According to statistics from the Census Bureau, the city covers a total area of {{convert|1.64|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 1.13%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pecan Gap city, Texas |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4856468 |access-date=August 23, 2016 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Pecan Gap, as well as most of Delta County, is located in the [[Texas blackland prairies]] region, a flat, [[tallgrass prairie]] ecosystem that covers a large portion of north-central Texas. The region's elevation rarely varies from around {{convert|400|to|500|ft}}. The area's geology consists mainly of deep clay, or clay mixed with a dark-colored loam. However, the county is also known to have high-quality topsoil, ideal for crop growing.<ref name="Delta County"/> A specific layer of the soil in the region is known as [[Pecan Gap Chalk]], named for the city when it was discovered nearby in 1918. The layer is a blue-gray, sandy chalk substance, which is fossil-rich and is located in much of the Pecan Gap vicinity.<ref name="PG chalk">[[#Pessagno|Pessagno, Jr. (1969)]], p.&nbsp;87</ref>

Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Pecan Gap is located in zone ''Cfa'', which experiences warm, wet summers and a [[humid subtropical climate]].<ref name="Climate">{{cite journal |author=Peel, M. C. and Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. |year=2007 |title=Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification |journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html |issn=1027-5606 |access-date=September 9, 2014|doi-access=free }} ''(direct: [http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf Final Revised Paper])''</ref> Temperatures in Pecan Gap are generally high, with the average  in January being {{convert|42|°F|°C|0|}} and in July being {{convert|82|°F|°C|0|}}. The highest recorded temperature for Pecan Gap was {{convert|115|°F|°C|0|}} in July 1936, while the lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|-5|°F|°C|0|}} in January 1930. On average, the hottest month of the year is August, when temperatures stay around an average of {{convert|82|°F|°C|0|}}. January is generally the coolest month, when the average temperature is around {{convert|42|°F|°C|0|}}. The community receives low precipitation, with the average monthly high being around {{convert|5.5|in|mm}} in May and June. August is the driest month for the city, when it receives an average of just {{convert|2|in|mm}} of rain.<ref name="Weather Channel">{{cite web |title=Monthly Averages for Pecan Gap, TX (75469) |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/75469 |author=Staff |publisher=The Weather Channel |year=2014 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>