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Coldspring, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Coldspring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77331. The Survey maps it on the Coldspring quadrangle. 819 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

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Coldspring within San Jacinto County

On record in Coldspring

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

Population over time

2 figures

Coldspring fell from 853 to 819 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.

YearPeople Change
2010853
2020819-34 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Coldspring between 1992 and 2019, burning about 400 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasFOURTH-FIVE ACRE
6 September 2019Debris and open burning14 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN JACINTO 16:51
28 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
16 September 1997Debris and open burning30 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasBIG PIT
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePINEY
24 August 2017Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8078
24 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMILLA COVES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Coldspring: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Jacinto County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldspring in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 4 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
April 2006Tornado (F2)Coldspring4 hurt, $100,000Tornado in the Coldspring Terrace Subdivision along Lake Livingston. Four injuries in two homes that received major damage.
December 1995Thunderstorm WindColdspring$500,000Roof of high school and nearby homes had parts blown off.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindColdspring$80,000Trees downed from Coldspring to Evergreen around the Sam Houston National Forest.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindColdspring$75,000High winds caused major timber loss in the forest around the Coldspring area due to wet grounds. Structural damage to 40-50 homes.
October 2006Flash FloodColdspring$44,000Heavy rains flooded numerous roads with one completely washed out. Two homes received minor flood damage.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Coldspring$25,000Tornado damaged a boat in Cape Royale.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindColdspring$20,000Trees and power lines down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Thunderstorm winds down trees and power lines from Highway 150 to the southwest of the Coldspring area to along Highway 190 in the Point Bland area. There was also a report of a tree down on FM 2025 south of Coldspring.
November 2003Flash FloodColdspring$15,000Flooding in Coldspring.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Dime sized hail also reported.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Trees down along FM 2025.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Trees down along CR 1127.
January 1998Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Large trees blown down on powerlines.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindColdspring$10,000Trees down on FM 224 near Coldspring and on FM 2025 and FM 2066.
April 2000HailColdspring$10,000Hail reported on FM 224 near Coldspring.
April 2000HailColdspring$10,000Dime sized hail also reported in Camilla.
February 2005HailColdspring$10,000no account filed
May 1999HailColdspring$10,000no account filed
April 1998HailColdspring$10,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindColdspring$6,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged power lines.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindColdspring$6,000A tree was down on a car. A powerline was also reported down at the intersection of SH 156 and Padgett Road.
June 2006HailColdspring$5,000Penny-size hail at the intersection of FM Road 2693 and FM Road 2778 right at the Walker-San Jacinto County line.
December 1997Thunderstorm WindColdspring$5,000Trees and powerlines blown down.
July 1996HailColdspring$5,000no account filed
December 1995HailColdspring$5,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindColdspring$4,000There were trees downed in residential yards.
May 2005HailColdspring$4,000Nickel size hail.
January 1998HailColdspring$3,000no account filed
December 1995HailColdspring$3,000no account filed
May 2024Flash FloodColdspring-Hwy 150 was impassable in multiple locations due to flash flooding.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindColdspring-Wind gust occurred in the Coldspring area along the southwest side of Lake Livingston.
April 2024Flash FloodColdspring-FM 945 at the San Jacinto River was impassable due to floodwaters.
May 2024Flash FloodColdspring-Several locations along Hwy 150 were made impassable by floodwaters between Coldspring and Shepherd.
May 2024HailColdspring-Ping pong ball sized hail was observed near Coldspring.
April 2023HailColdspring-There was quarter sized hail in Coldspring.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindColdspring-Numerous trees were downed near FM 224.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindColdspring-The wind gust was measured at the APRS WxNet site.
May 2010HailColdspring-There were reports of golf ball hail were received in the town of Coldspring.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindColdspring-A tree was downed by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2005Funnel CloudColdspring-Sighted off of FM 156.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindColdspring-Tree down at intersection of Highways 3081 and 725.
November 2004Flash FloodColdspring-FM 222 and Spring Road flooded and impassable.
May 2007Funnel CloudColdspring-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Jacinto 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
Rose Hill2.0 miles14
Wolf Creek3.7 miles13
Camilla3.8 miles14
Spring Hill4.5 miles13
Laurel Hill4.5 miles13
Liberty Hill5.4 miles13
Evergreen6.2 miles13
Willow Springs7.0 miles13

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 ColdspringAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980136The 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 1384227. 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.