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Caldwell, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Caldwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77836. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell quadrangle. 3,993 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 384 feet above sea level.

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Caldwell within Burleson County

On record in Caldwell

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 2 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Caldwell grew from 301 to 3,993 between 1880 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
1880301
20104,104
20203,993-111 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

Photographs

4 photographs, 2014

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.

Rural scene near Caldwell in Burleson County, Texas
Rural scene near Caldwell in Burleson County, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Entrance to the Shallow Creek Ranch, near the town of Caldwell in Burleson County, Texas
Entrance to the Shallow Creek Ranch, near the town of Caldwell in Burleson County, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Polasek House, 200 East Fawn Street, Caldwell, Burleson County, TX
Polasek House, 200 East Fawn Street, Caldwell, Burleson County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Rural scene near Caldwell in Burleson County, Texas
Rural scene near Caldwell in Burleson County, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 were 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 burning84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR244
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCORROLL GRASS FIRE CYRD327
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePROBATION DEPARTMENT
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 327 PASTURE FIRE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 364
30 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service0019291 - BNSF RR ROW
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR307 ELECTRIC POLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleson County

Storms near this place

52 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caldwell in 52 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 22 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
March 2000Tornado (F3)Caldwell2 hurt, $1,000,000Tornado touched down near Harmony at 1955 CST with significant tree damage including an 18 inch diameter tree blown down. A trailer was also significantly damaged. Tornado then tracked to just south of Center Line with mostly F0 tree damage along its path. Tornado then reached the Pin Oak subdivision at about 2022 CST. Several trailers, including a double-wide, were destroyed. A total of 7 homes were destroyed and another 10 severely damaged in this area, with damage reaching F2 status. Tornado then struck a ranch on the south side of FM 1361 with large trees uprooted or cut in half and windows blown out and portion of roof torn off large frame house. Several rural outbuildings at the ranch which had been bolted down were destroyed. Damage in this area was rated F3 with damage swath up to a half mile wide. Tornado then tracked to just north of Clay by 2051 CST with a narrow swath of F0 to F1 tree damage along the path. When tornado passed north of Clay before dissipating, car was blown off road and damage swath reached 200 yards wide.
October 1998Tornado (F2)Caldwell$1,500,000no account filed
October 1998Tornado (F1)Caldwell$500,000no account filed
September 1996Tornado (F0)Caldwell$500,000no account filed
March 2000HailCaldwell$200,000At least 50 reports of damage to cars and homes.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$100,000Trees and power lines down in Caldwell with portion of roof blown off Caldwell Middle School.
May 2004HailCaldwell$95,000Baseball size hail in Caldwell.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$50,000Sheriff reported heavy roof damage to the Caldwell Elementary and Intermediate schools located on CR 307, also two trailers and a barn were destroyed and trees blown down just north of Caldwell.
June 2004Flash FloodCaldwell$20,000Numerous county roads closed due to flooding.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$15,000Trees down and blocking roads.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$15,000Tree down.
May 2000HailCaldwell$15,000no account filed
March 2005HailCaldwell$10,000Hail covered the ground along FM 908.
December 2002HailCaldwell$10,0001.75 inch hail.
May 2000HailCaldwell$10,000Dime sized hail in Harmony.
March 2005HailCaldwell$10,000no account filed
January 1998HailCaldwell$10,000no account filed
September 1996HailCaldwell$10,000no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$8,000Trees blown over in the town of Caldwell.
June 2004HailCaldwell$8,000no account filed
March 1999HailCaldwell$7,000no account filed
November 2007LightningCaldwell$5,000A mobile home was damaged in a lightning strike.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$5,000Trees down on County Road 415.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$5,000Trees blown down.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$5,000Sheriffs reported 60 mph winds at Caldwell.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$5,000Sheriff reported 60 mph winds at Caldwell.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$5,000no account filed
January 1999HailCaldwell$4,000Damage to shutters and a pickup.
January 1999HailCaldwell$4,000no account filed
October 2006Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$3,000Trees down along FM 976 one mile off of Hwy 36.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$3,000Trees down along FM 166.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$1,000Large trees blown down on FM 305.
May 1995HailCaldwell$1,000Sheriff reported golf ball-size hail in Caldwell.
May 1995HailCaldwell$1,000Sheriffs reported golfball hail in Caldwell.
April 2001HailCaldwell$1,000no account filed
April 2001HailCaldwell$1,000no account filed
October 2022Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-Medium to large tree branches were downed by strong thunderstorm winds in Caldwell.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-A tree was downed near the intersection of Highway 21 and FM 2000.
March 2018HailCaldwell-Baseball to softball sized hail occurred in and around the Sheriff's office.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-Trees were reported downed around the county.
October 2015Funnel CloudCaldwell-A funnel cloud was reported near FM 908 and FM 316.
October 2015Funnel CloudCaldwell-The funnel cloud was sighted near FM 316 and FM 908.
July 2014HailCaldwell-Quarter size hail was reported in the town of Caldwell.
May 2007HailCaldwell-Hail reported on Road 21 East near Cooks Point.
May 2007Flash FloodCaldwell-Portions of SR 21 were temporarily closed due to high water.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-Reported trees down across a couple of county roads; CR 318 and CR 377.
June 2004Flash FloodCaldwell-High water over County Road 3058.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-60 mph wind gust.
November 2004HailCaldwell-no account filed
July 2003Funnel CloudCaldwell-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-no account filed
January 1995HailCaldwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burleson 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
Davidson5.2 miles8
Harmony6.0 miles8
Cooks Point6.2 miles8
Chriesman6.2 miles9
San Antonio Prairie7.0 miles9
Deanville7.6 miles9
Goodwill8.4 miles8
Hogg8.7 miles9

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 CaldwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982603The 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 1353534. 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.