Calvert, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Calvert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77837. The Survey maps it on the Calvert quadrangle. 962 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 328 feet above sea level.
On record in Calvert
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
Calvert Historic Districtlisted 1978
Hammond Houselisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresCalvert fell from 1,192 to 962 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 | 1,192 | |
| 2020 | 962 | -230 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Calvert quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Calvert between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,411 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 6 NORTH OF MUD CREEK |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W. KEZEE |
| 15 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIDWELL RD. |
| 10 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMPSON RD |
| 8 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1644 |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1644 |
| 30 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calvert in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | $30,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in the city of Calvert. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | $5,000 | Robertson County Sheriff's Department reported that the roof was blown off of a house in Calvert, TX, and that trees were reported down across the county. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | $5,000 | Robertson County Sheriff's Department reported roof damage in the city of Calvert, TX. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Calvert | $1,000 | EM reported water over the roadway at Tidwell Creek and South Main. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Calvert | - | Quarter sized hail was reported just south of Calvert via a social media picture. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Calvert | - | A brief rope tornado occurred approximately 5 miles northwest of the city of Calvert, TX. The tornado was rated EF-0, lasted less than 30 seconds and produced no known damage. |
| November 2018 | Hail | Calvert | - | Broadcast media reported hail slightly larger than quarters in the city of Calvert, TX. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | - | Calvert Police Department reported several trees blocking a couple of roads near the city of Calvert, TX. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Calvert | - | A social media report indicated quarter size hail in Calvert. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Calvert | - | Penny sized hail was reported north of Calvert. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | - | Trees down. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Calvert | - | Streets were flooded and closed in Calvert and on FM 1644 between Calvert and Franklin. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Calvert | - | FM 1644 was barricaded due to high water. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | - | 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in Calvert. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | - | Large tree limbs were blown off trees. |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Calvert | - | Farm Market Road 1640 was flooded near Calvert and in Franklin. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Calvert | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Calvert | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calvert | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Calvert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert Junction | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Barton | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Marvin | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Seger | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Salter | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Elliot | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Goodland | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tidwell Prairie | 7.8 miles | 8 |
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 Calvert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981815 | 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 1353586. 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.


