Anderson, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anderson-Bedias census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77830. It stands on Nebletts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anderson quadrangle. 193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
On record in Anderson
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Anderson Historic Districtlisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresAnderson fell from 222 to 193 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 222 | |
| 2020 | 193 | -29 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Anderson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Anderson between 1999 and 2020, burning about 533 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 215 |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 405 |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 90 |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 65 |
| 31 August 2018 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2562 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Anderson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anderson in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Lightning | Anderson | 1 killed, $8,000 | A 21 year old male was struck by lightning while riding a horse. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Two horses in a nearby pasture were also killed by a lightning strike. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson | $40,000 | Tree blown down onto residential home. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Anderson | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson | $15,000 | Trees down. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson | $10,000 | Numerous trees down in rural areas south of the town of Anderson. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson | $10,000 | Trees down along County Road 405. |
| December 1995 | Hail | Anderson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson | $1,000 | Large tree down on FM 1774. |
| October 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Anderson | - | EF-0 tornado touched down south of Anderson producing tree and structural damage starting from CR406 traveling along Holland Creek toward FM 2819, CR 222, FM 2562, FM 1486, and CR232B. One home had all windows broken and a French door sucked out of the back of the home. Another home suffered extensive roof damage. Metal roofing was found twisted around a tree nearby. It was here at the beginning of the storm path where peak winds were estimated at 79 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson | - | Many instances of trees downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts were reported to Grimes County law enforcement. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Anderson | - | Numerous roads were closed in Anderson. Numerous roads were closed in Plantersville. |
| November 2004 | Flash Flood | Anderson | - | FM 244 south of Highway 30 closed due to flooding. |
| June 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Anderson | - | Funnel cloud over CR 186. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Apolonia | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Piedmont | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Roans Prairie | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Richards | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Navasota | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Carlos | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Blackberry | 9.2 miles | 11 |
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 Anderson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q491462 | The 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 1351091. 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.
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.




