Clawson, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Lufkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75969. The Survey maps it on the Clawson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Clawson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Clawson quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Clawson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
342 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 342 fires within 5 miles of Clawson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,641 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 burning | 241 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/WOODS/FM 2251 |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS WOODS/3226 HWY 69N |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS WOODS/CROSSTIMBERS |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 848 |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 684 |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 69 NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clawson in 12 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 8 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Clawson | $2,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down along Richardson Road northwest of Lufkin, Texas and moved eastward. Minor roof damage occurred to a mobile home at Royce Oliver Road and Richardson Road and several trees were blown down. Another home suffered minor roof damage and more trees were blown down at the FM 706/Hwy. 69 intersection. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | Frank Street in front of St. Luke's Memorial Hospital was flooded and closed. Ellis Avenue and Angelina Street, Ellis Avenue and Raguet Street, Kurth Drive at the Ellen Trout Drive underpass, and all of Denman Avenue inside the loop were also closed due to flooding. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Trees were downed in the 4600 block of Highway 69 just northwest of Lufkin. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | Numerous roads were closed due to flooding, including Kurth Drive, Tulane Street, Frank Avenue, Raguet Street, Ellis Avenue, Kiln Avenue, Bynum Street, Hill Street, and Douglas Street. Several vehicles were stalled in high water at various intersections in Lufkin. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | Water rose to the hoods of several vehicle stranded on Raguet Street at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue, with the road impassable. Portions of Frank Avenue were also impassable. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | FM2497, FM 328, FM 1669, Highway 103 West near Newman Road, FM 1475, FM 706 at Cranford Creek, and FM 2109 were flooded and closed. Highway 69 North was flooded. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed all along the Highway 69 corridor from Pollok to Lufkin. Multiple power outages were associated with this wind damage. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Clawson | - | Highway 69 North near Massingill's Meat Market was flooded. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | Flash flooding was reported along FM. 706 north of the Hudson community. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | Flash flooding was reported along FM. 2021 just off of Hwy. 69 north of the Hudson community. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | Widespread city street flooding was reported across all of the Lufkin area resulting in numerous road closures. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Clawson | - | Flooding of Hwy. 69 was reported north northeast of Lufkin, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Woodlawn | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Durant | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Grove | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Keltys | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Redland | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Davisville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pollok | 5.3 miles | 13 |
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 Clawson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110443100 | 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 1381647. 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.







