Angleton, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Angleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77515. The Survey maps it on the Angleton quadrangle. 19,429 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
On record in Angleton
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
Old Brazoria County Courthouselisted 1979
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Chenango Sugar Mill, Chenango Vicinity, Angletonfederal building survey, 4 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresAngleton grew from 18,862 to 19,429 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 | 18,862 | |
| 2020 | 19,429 | +567 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
30 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Angleton between 2002 and 2013, burning about 538 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000334 |
| 23 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000330 |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 35 S @ CR 881 |
| 29 August 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000293 |
| 22 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000286 |
| 12 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000259 |
| 11 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 288 & CR 523 |
| 8 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 Angleton: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskins Mound | Sulfur | Unknown |
Storms near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Angleton in 37 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 5 flash flood, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Lightning | Angleton | 1 killed | Lightning struck and killed 31 year old man on motorcycle. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Angleton | $110,000 | Three flooded homes with over a foot of water in them off of Henderson Road. Reports of 50 more flooded homes, or homes with water damage, in Angleton. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Angleton | $75,000 | Widespread flooding was reported with water in homes in Angleton. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Angleton | $50,000 | Street flooding in Angleton and Lake Jackson. |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Angleton | $50,000 | Tornado between Angleton and Oyster Creek. Barn destroyed in storm. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Angleton | $30,000 | The EF-0 tornado tracked through Angleton and damaged firehouse bay doors while producing significant tree damage to the southeast of the firehouse. There was also minor roof damage to some surrounding structures. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $30,000 | Downburst wind caused damage to roofs, automobiles, and windows at the county courthouse. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $25,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and numerous tree limbs throughout the city. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Angleton | $15,000 | Egg to tennis ball sized hail was reported in Angleton. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Angleton | $15,000 | Brief tornado touchdown just east of Angleton. Cattle ranch sustained structural damage and loss of livestock. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $11,000 | Trees down. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Angleton | $5,000 | Penny size hail. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $5,000 | Wind damage to a home at FM 523 and CR 804. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $5,000 | Wind from outflow boundary snapped a tree tat crushed patio roof. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Angleton | $5,000 | The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-size hail near Angleton. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Angleton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Angleton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Angleton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | $3,000 | Winds knocked downed trees. |
| March 1998 | Flash Flood | Angleton | $3,000 | Street flooding. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Angleton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | - | The weather station at the Angleton Police Department had sustained winds of 53 mph with gusts to 75 mph. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | - | Multiple trees were downed across Angleton. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Angleton | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | - | Wind gust was in the Angleton area. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | - | Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree near Northside Elementary School. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Angleton | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in the Angleton area. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Angleton | - | There were multiple reports of quarter sized hail in and around the Angleton area. |
| July 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Angleton | - | A funnel cloud was sighted just to the north of Angleton. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Angleton | - | Flooding across Highway 288 near the intersections of FM 523 and County Roads 340 and 341. Flooding also reported on Highway 35 between Angleton and West Columbia. |
| September 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Angleton | - | Numerous funnel clouds sighted. |
| September 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Angleton | - | Numerous funnel clouds sighted. |
| July 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Angleton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Angleton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angleton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Pelt | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Anchor | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Snipe | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bailey Prairie | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bastrop Beach | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Holiday Lakes | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Chenango | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Danbury | 6.1 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 Angleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q162489 | 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 1351127. 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.





