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Commerce, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Commerce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75428. The Survey maps it on the Commerce South quadrangle. 9,090 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 554 feet above sea level.

Commerce within Hunt County

On record in Commerce

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Commerce grew from 8,078 to 9,090 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
20108,078
20209,090+1,012 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

225 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Commerce between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,124 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined100
Debris and open burning68
Equipment and vehicle use36
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOMMERCE LAND FILL FIRE
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCREWS HELP FIRE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROOSTER FIRE/CR 4510
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCULVER
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4TH
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHORSE PEN
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4319 CR 4509

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hunt County

Storms near this place

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Commerce in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCommerce$500,000Numerous and substantial damage was reported in and around Commerce. An estimated 10-15 homes and 8-10 cars were heavily damaged by straight line winds. Trees were snapped in half and some trees fell down on homes, on power lines, and also on streets. Some of the trees that were snapped or uprooted were several feet in diameter. Also, the pavilion at the city park was leveled, and just west of town, the roof was torn off a small house that was being used for storage.
April 1996Tornado (F2)Commerce$150,000no account filed
October 2010HailCommerce$100,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Commerce. The local newspaper reported some minor roof damage and lots of car damage from the hail.
April 2014HailCommerce$90,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Commerce, including on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce. The large hail lasted for approximately fifteen minutes.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCommerce$60,000Multiple downed trees were reported in Commerce. The roof was also blown off of a house. Multiple vehicle accidents were also reported in Commerce, including an overturned 18 wheeler.
April 2026HailCommerce$50,000Emergency manager reported an estimated 3.5 inch hailstone just north of Commerce, via picture.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindCommerce$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged several school buildings and four mobile homes. An eighteen wheeler was blown over and power lines were blown down.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindCommerce$50,000At Humbolt (6 SW Commerce), roof damage occurred to the Community Center, and trees were blown down at a cemetery.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCommerce$40,000Strong winds blew a tree onto a house.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindCommerce$15,000Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down on Park Street in Commerce. Trees were also blown down on Highway 24 northeast of town.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindCommerce$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down by strong winds. A convenience store was also damaged.
October 2015Flash FloodCommerce$10,000Several streets and roads were closed in Commerce due to flooding.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindCommerce$10,000Emergency management reported that the roof was blown off of the Outback Apartment Complex in Commerce, TX.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindCommerce$10,000A car wash that was being renovated was blown down onto a van, fences, telephone poles, and two storage shed were blown down.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCommerce$7,000A number of trees were blown down in Commerce. Some of the trees were 2-3 feet in diameter.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindCommerce$5,000Emergency management reported several large trees blown down and several buildings without power.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCommerce$5,000There were numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCommerce$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindCommerce$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCommerce$2,000Trees and tree limbs down in Commerce. Some stop signs and power lines were also knocked down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCommerce$1,000Report received via mPing of small tree branches broken and shingles blown off homes.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindCommerce$500A tree was blown down across Highway 24 on the Hunt/Delta county line.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindCommerce$100Thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
April 2026HailCommerce-Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail north northwest of Commerce.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Delayed Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken.
April 2022HailCommerce-A public report indicated quarter sized hail about a mile west-southwest of Commerce, TX.
April 2017HailCommerce-A report from broadcast media indicated quarter-sized hail in southeast Commerce.
April 2017HailCommerce-One inch hail was reported on the southern side of Commerce.
October 2014HailCommerce-Hail to the size of pennies was reported in Commerce.
May 2012Flash FloodCommerce-Several street in Commerce were closed due to several hours of moderate to heavy rainfall but conditions were improving at the time the report was received.
April 2008HailCommerce-The ground was covered with penny-size hail.
April 2007Flash FloodCommerce-Flooding was reported on roads in town.
June 2000Flash FloodCommerce-Numerous streets were flooded.
October 1998Tornado (F0)Commerce-A narrow tornado briefly touched down on the west side of Commerce. No damage reports were received.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCommerce-A large tree was blown down in front of the high school, and some trees were blown down around town.
May 2024HailCommerce-no account filed
May 2011HailCommerce-no account filed
February 1999HailCommerce-no account filed
February 1999HailCommerce-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindCommerce-no account filed
May 1999HailCommerce-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCommerce-no account filed
November 1994Thunderstorm WindCommerce-no account filed
April 1994HailCommerce-no account filed
April 1994HailCommerce-no account filed
April 1993HailCommerce-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hunt 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
Scatter Branch3.7 miles8
Fairlie5.5 miles8
Jardin5.8 miles8
South Sulphur6.0 miles6
Neylandville6.4 miles8
Campbell7.3 miles8
Aberfoyle7.8 miles6
Durham8.3 miles8

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 CommerceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979151The 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 1373171. 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.