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Somervell County, Texas
25 topographic sheets cover 6 settlements here, and 4 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 104 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 4 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 2 districts.
- 1 of the 4 listings was added during the 1970s.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 6 populated places in this county; 6 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
4Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Barnard's Mill | building | 1982 | 82004523 |
 | Glen Rose Downtown Historic District | district | 2014 | 14000820 |
| Oakdale Park | district | 2012 | 12000352 | |
 | Somervell County Courthouse | building | 1979 | 79003008 |
Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps
1Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
Photographs from libraries nationwide
2 of 3 shownSelected from the Digital Public Library of America's 3 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
The county from the air
8 shownFlown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 265 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 8 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
Weather records
6 stations, 3 gagesThe thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
- RAINBOW 1934 to 2026, hottest 43.9 C, coldest -19.4 C
- GLEN ROSE 2 W 1963 to 2000, hottest 46.1 C, coldest -26.1 C
- GLEN ROSE 5.1 SSW 2014 to 2026
- WALNUT SPRINGS 7.9 NW 2015 to 2026
- GLEN ROSE 2.3 NNE 2018 to 2021
- GLEN ROSE 1.3 WSW 2023 to 2026
- Brazos Rv nr Glen Rose, TX 1923 to 2026
- Paluxy Rv at Glen Rose, TX 1924 to 2026
- Comanche Ck nr Glen Rose, TX 1977 to 2006
The 1950 census, district by district
6 districtsWho lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
- 213-1Justice Precinct 1: Glen Rose city: Glen Rose city - That part north of the Paluxy River
- 213-2Justice Precinct 1: Glen Rose city - That part south of the Paluxy River
- 213-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part outside Glen Rose city
- 213-4Justice Precinct 2
- 213-5Justice Precinct 3
- 213-6Justice Precinct 4
Wildfire, 2005 to 2020
21 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 21 of them, burning about 2,703 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 December 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 664 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH TX - 51 |
| 7 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 445 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1008 FIRE |
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009078 |
| 11 October 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 154 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM203 |
| 11 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 117 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 202 FIRE |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009037 |
| 2 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1971 to 2025
60 of 167 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 167 reports for this county, causing 4 deaths, 8 injuries and about $1,615,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 72 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 66 |
| Flash Flood | 16 |
| Tornado | 6 |
| Lightning | 3 |
| Flood | 3 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1987 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 2 killed, 8 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Flood | Glen Rose | 2 killed | A sixteen-year-old girl was pulled under by strong flood waters after her and her friends went swimming in the swollen Paluxy River. The girl's body was found early Friday morning. A game warden drowned while searching for her body after the search boat capsized. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Glen Rose | $400,000 | Numerous county and secondary roads were under water across the eastern and southern portions of the county. Some of these roads were: FM 56, FM 202, CR 406, CR 419, and Highway 144 south of Glen Rose. Flood waters knocked down fences and damaged some county roads. |
| April 1991 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Glen Rose | $200,000 | A residence west of Glen Rose suffered substantial damage to roofs, a porch, and a well house. About fifty trees were blown down or uprooted. Near Nemo on CR 419, numerous trees were damaged and an RV was destroyed. A front 12' by 50' porch was ripped off a house and numerous outbuildings were destroyed. A school in Nemo lost the roof of its music room. Officials observed that the damage seemed to occur in paths. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $150,000 | According to the county fire department; several outbuildings along Highway 144 were damaged. Part of the roof of a double-wide manufactured home near Highway 144 and FM 202 was removed, and the wrap around porch on the home was also partially removed. |
| April 2007 | Lightning | Nemo | $100,000 | Lightning started a fire at a natural gas facility. Four saltwater storage tanks and other equipment was destroyed. |
| September 1999 | Lightning | Glen Rose | $100,000 | Lightning started a fire that did over 100,000 dollars worth of damage to a barn and its contents. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Glen Rose | $50,000 | Heavy damage to cars with some roof and window damage at several homes. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Glen Rose | $40,000 | Highway 144 north of town was flooded, as were streets in town. Basements of houses along the Paluxy River were also flooded. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $30,000 | Numerous structures suffered wind damage. One home had a metal roof torn off and a metal barn was completely destroyed on CR 202. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $30,000 | Wind gusts to 120 mph were recorded. Signs and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Glen Rose | $30,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Glen Rose | $25,000 | Wind driven hail did extensive damage along a line from the northern part of Glen Rose to Rainbow to Nemo. Approximately 50 homes were damaged at Glen Rose. Some hail drifts were still visible the next morning. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Glen Rose | $20,000 | Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout the day produced rain-slicked roads across the area. A three-vehicle accident occurred in Glen Rose near the Sonic Drive-In. Three people were sent to the hospital; one in critical condition. The cause of the accident was hydroplaning due to heavy rain at the time. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Nemo | $15,000 | Several roads across the county remained closed due to flooding. The flooding continued into June 1st. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nemo | $15,000 | Several metal barns, outbuildings, and fences were damaged. A sheriff's patrol car was damaged by a falling limb. Numerous trees were uprooted or broken off at their trunks. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Glen Rose | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rainbow | $10,000 | RV trailers were overturned at an RV park in Rainbow. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Rainbow | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported two-inch diameter hail approximately 6 miles north if the city of Glen Rose, TX. |
| December 2013 | Lightning | Nemo | $10,000 | A lightning strike started a fire at a gas well on CR 308 just north of Highway 67 between Glen Rose and Cleburne. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $10,000 | Winds destroyed a garage building at a residence off County Road 411. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $10,000 | Three outbuildings were damaged, a barn was unroofed, three power poles were blow down, and numerous trees and large limbs were blown down. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $9,000 | Several large tree limbs were knocked down at Oakdale Park in Glen Rose. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose Bar L Arpt | $8,000 | A 1-2 foot diameter tree was uprooted approximately 7 miles northwest of Glen Rose. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $8,000 | Thunderstorm storms in Glen Rose were estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rainbow | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Glen Rose | $7,000 | Golfball size hail fell in Glen Rose. |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $5,000 | A roof was removed off a building and fences were damaged at Glen Lake Camp. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant were estimated at 65-70 mph. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $5,000 | The winds in Glen Rose were estimated to be 60 mph and trees were knocked down in the city. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $5,000 | High winds caused roof and carport damage, with numerous tree limbs down, and debris on roadways. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $5,000 | High thunderstorm winds unroofed a mobile home. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nemo | $4,000 | Tree limbs were knocked down on ranch property in the Nemo area. The metal roof was also peeled off a barn. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Rainbow | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $2,000 | A convenience store had its roof partially blown off by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a building. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Glen Rose Bar L Arpt | $1,000 | CR 1001 and CR 1008 at the Paluxy River was closed due to high water. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rainbow | $1,000 | A large tree was blown over a road northeast of Glen Rose. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $1,000 | Large trees down in the city park. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | $500 | A large sign was blown down and large tree limbs were broken. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Glen Rose | - | The Somervell County Emergency Manager reported a vehicle stuck in high water on FM 202 southeast of Glen Rose. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Glen Rose | - | A social media picture indicated half-dollar sized hail about a mile west-southwest of Glen Rose. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | - | Large trees, estimated at 14 inches in diameter, were snapped. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Glen Rose | - | A public report indicated quarter-sized hail in the city of Glen Rose, TX. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Glen Rose | - | A public report indicated quarter-sized hail just east-northeast of the city of Glen Rose, TX. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Glen Rose Bar L Arpt | - | A public report indicated quarter size hail approximately 11 miles northwest of the city of Iredell, TX. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Glen Rose | - | A trained spotter reported pea to penny size hail approximately 2 miles northwest of the city of Glen Rose, TX. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Nemo | - | Several roads across the county remained barricaded due to flooding that began on May 31st. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Glen Rose | - | A National Weather Service storm survey crew found evidence of a brief tornado in south central Somervell County. The tornado produced minimal damage over open range land. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Glen Rose Bar L Arpt | - | Penny sized hail in far NW Somervell County. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Rainbow | - | A NWS Storm Survey determined an EF-0 tornado began approximately 2.5 miles west-northwest of Rainbow. This tornado had a path length of approximately 0.75 miles and an estimated width of 50 yards. Mostly tree damage occurred with this tornado and winds were estimated at 75-80 mph. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Glen Rose | - | Low-water crossings and bridges barricaded due to flooding. Water was reported over Highway 56 near the southern county line. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Rose | - | Two trees blown down near Glen Rose. |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Countywide | - | Numerous farm roads and county roads were closed due to high water. |
Mines and quarries
4 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 3 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Silica Plant and Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Capital Silica Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tarrant Concrete Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Cleburne Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Every populated place in the county
6Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Georges Creek
Glen Rose census division · 76033 · On Taylor Branch · Nemo quadrangle
19 sheets, 1889 to 1985
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Glen Rose
Glen Rose census division · 76043 · On Montgomery Branch · Glen Rose West quadrangle
15 sheets, 1889 to 1985
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Rainbow
Glen Rose census division · 76077 · On Paluxy River · Nemo quadrangle
19 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.