Channelview, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77530. The Survey maps it on the Highlands quadrangle. 45,688 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChannelview grew from 38,289 to 45,688 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 | 38,289 | |
| 2020 | 45,688 | +7,399 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1916 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1920 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Channelview between 2006 and 2011, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 878 |
| 3 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH CASTLEGORY RD FIRE |
| 25 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 130 |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 98 |
| 25 October 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 1013 |
| 19 January 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Channelview: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Sulfur Plant | Sulfur, Chlorine | Producer | ||
| Wallisvill Road Barite Plant | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Highlands Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Judson Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kaiser Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mantooth Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pasadena Fertitex Phos. Acid Pl. | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Pasadena Kerley | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Channelview in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channelview | $100,000 | School roof damaged and trees down in area. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channelview | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees, damaged carports, and blew out some windows on a building and several cars. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channelview | $8,000 | A spotter reported large limbs broken off trees and flying debris. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Channelview | $7,000 | Public report of baseball- to grapefruit-size hail near Channelview. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Channelview | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Hail | Channelview | $3,000 | Quarter sized hail. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channelview | - | Widespread tree damage was reported across the Jacinto City area. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Channelview | - | Dime to nickel size hail from near the intersection of Interstate 10 and Beltway 8 East to the Channelview area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Park Estates | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lake View Homes | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Monroe Place | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Old River Terrace | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Delldale | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shadow Glen | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| New Washington (historical) | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sterling Forest | 1.8 miles | 14 |
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 Channelview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982006 | 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 1373053. 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.











