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Alba, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Alba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75410. The Survey maps it on the Alba quadrangle. 473 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Alba within Wood County

Population over time

2 figures

Alba fell from 504 to 473 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010504
2020473-31 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

277 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Alba between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,256 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning202
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Natural2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
30 September 2017Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND
25 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
24 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND
24 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
22 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODLANDS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wood County

Storms near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alba in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 7 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1995HailAlba2 killedTwo persons in a boat were struck and killed by lightning. (M56O, M??O)
May 2009Flash FloodAlba$60,000High water from excessive heavy rainfall was in a few homes in the town of Alba, Texas.
May 2004LightningAlba$5,000Lightning struck a home causing some structural damage.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindAlba$5,000Reported by Skywarn spotters in the Alba Volunteer Fire Department. Several trees and powerlines were also toppled in town leaving power outages.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindAlba$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAlba-A metal southwest facing wall of a pole barn was blown down at a residence off of County Road 1600 near County Road 1609.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees and power lines downed in the Alba community.
April 2023HailAlba-A picture was posted to social media of quarter size hail that fell north of Alba along Lake Fork.
June 2023HailAlba-Ping pong ball size hail reported near Alba via social media.
October 2023Flash FloodAlba-County Road 1676 was flooded and closed, causing a vehicle to be stranded in high water.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindAlba-Several trees downed in Alba.
December 2022Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees were downed in the Alba community.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees and power lines were blown down near Alba. A tree fell onto a moving car.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindAlba-Two barns were destroyed and one metal shop was damaged.
June 2019HailAlba-Half dollar size hail fell just west of Lake Fork Dam.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAlba-Damaging winds rolled an empty horse trailer into a tree near Alba. Trees and numerous large limbs were also downed.
April 2016HailAlba-A photo was posted on the KLTV Facebook page of golfball size hail that fell in Alba.
April 2016Flash FloodAlba-Numerous roads were flooded throughout Wood County.
December 2015Flash FloodAlba-Flood waters covered County Road 1560 at Dale Creek on Lake Fork.
December 2015Flash FloodAlba-Water covering parts of County Road 1681 south of Alba, Texas.
May 2009Flash FloodAlba-Many roads were flooded and closed throughout Wood County.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindAlba-Local Fire Department in Quitman reported a tree downed across FM 182 near Lake Fork Dam.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees were downed in the community.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees were downed.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindAlba-Deputies measured wind gusts to 60 mph.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees downed.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees downed on Hwy 69.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAlba-Measured wind gust from the Alba Fire Department.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindAlba-Several large trees toppled.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindAlba-Trees and power lines down.
June 2000Flash FloodAlba-FM182 closed due to flash flooding.
April 1995HailAlba-Two persons in a boat were struck and killed by lightning. (M56O, M??O)
April 2014HailAlba-no account filed
April 2014HailAlba-no account filed
April 2007HailAlba-no account filed
April 2007HailAlba-no account filed
April 2000HailAlba-no account filed
October 1997HailAlba-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindAlba-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindAlba-no account filed
June 1996HailAlba-no account filed
March 1996HailAlba-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wood County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Salem2.4 miles16
Gunter5.2 miles15
Golden5.8 miles15
Calvary6.2 miles16
Gamblin7.3 miles15
Gilbreth8.2 miles15
Ben9.2 miles15
Quitman9.7 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AlbaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979629The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329324. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.

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.