Most of Crowder is in Quitman County with a portion on the east in adjacent Panola County. In the 2000 census, 462 of the town's 766 residents (60.3%) lived in Quitman County and 304 (39.7%) in Panola County.
A good approximation of the degree-days accumulated for a pest can be calculated by knowing: The identity and life cycle of the pest and the crop. When to start accumulating degree-days for a pest. The minimum and maximum temperatures at which the pest will develop. The highest and lowest temperatures in the field or orchard during pest development.
degree days. Degree days is used as a measurement of the accumulation of heat over the summer growing season. It is a guide to grape ripening since the higher the units equates to a warmer location which facilitates the ripening of grapes. This measurement serves as a means of comparing the potential of different locations as grapegrowing regions.