Conroe, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77301. The Survey maps it on the Conroe quadrangle. 89,956 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,051 feet above sea level.
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On record in Conroe
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
- Montgomery County Hospitallisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresConroe grew from 56,207 to 89,956 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 | 56,207 | |
| 2020 | 89,956 | +33,749 (+60%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Conroe between 1992 and 2019, burning about 740 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined | 82 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 196 |
| 6 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 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 | 190052582 |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 202 |
| 21 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 201 |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 400 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
57 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conroe in 57 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 8 tornado, 5 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | 1 hurt, $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees and caused extensive damage to the Lake Wildwood subdivision. Some trees fell on vehicles and homes. A ninety year old man was injured when one of the trees fell on a house. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Conroe | $10,000,000 | Quarter to baseball sized hail in the Conroe area. Roof damage at a department store on I-45 with extensive damage to over 1000 automobiles at several dealerships. Damage to a furniture store and church with widespread damage in residential areas to carports and automobiles. At least 28 windows smashed at a fire station in Conroe with at least 75 patrol cars severely damaged. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Conroe | $359,000 | F1 tornado on the south side of Conroe caused significant roof, window and wall damage to around eight residential homes in the Rivershire Subdivision and a few local businesses, including a car dealership that had signs and light poles blown down onto parked vehicles. A nearby church and motel also had roof damage (ceramic tile from the motel impaled into dealership's walls). Trees were also snapped or uprooted in the area. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Conroe | $250,000 | Tornado along US 75 (Frazier Street) near the intersection of SH 336 in Conroe. Most damage confined to 4 businesses in the Wood Creek shopping center. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Conroe | $100,000 | Quarter sized hail with damage to cars on south side of Lake Conroe. |
| November 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Conroe | $100,000 | Tornado at Artesian Lakes subdivision on FM 2584. Steeple blown off West Conroe Baptist Church. Shingles blown off roofs of several homes. Numerous large trees blown down in area. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $50,000 | Trees and street signs were downed with some traffic lights damaged. Several homes were damaged by trees falling on them. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $50,000 | Roof damage to auto/truck repair shop along SH 336 just west of I-45 and north of Loop 105 in Conroe. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $45,000 | A large tree limb from a sixty foot tall pine tree fell on a home and caused significant roof, rafter and insulation damage. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Conroe | $40,000 | Golfball-sized hail reported in Waldwood subdivision. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Conroe | $30,000 | Baseball size hail. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Conroe | $30,000 | Hail on Airport Road. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $30,000 | Sheriff reported trees and power lines down all around Conroe and from the eastern shore of Lake Conroe through Panorama Village to Sunset Ridge 5 miles north of Conroe. |
| November 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Conroe | $25,000 | Trees down in Carriage Hill subdivision. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Conroe | $20,000 | Golf ball-sized hail was reported in Conroe. There were numerous reports of damaged vehicles. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Conroe | $20,000 | Tornado downed trees and ripped siding from homes. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $15,000 | Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $15,000 | Trees down along FM 3083. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $15,000 | Power lines down along FM 2978 and FM 1488. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $15,000 | Trees down in Walden near Lake Conroe. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $15,000 | Trees down on Loop 336. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $10,000 | Trees down on River Plantation Road near I-45. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Conroe | $10,000 | Dime sized hail on SH 105 west of Conroe with funnel cloud sighted at US 59 and FM 1314. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Conroe | $10,000 | Dime sized hail near Walden. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Conroe | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 2004 | Hail | Conroe | $7,000 | 1.50" hail reported 5 miles north of Lake Conroe Dam that covered the ground. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Conroe | $7,000 | Tornado spotted near FM 1488 and Highway 242. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Conroe | $6,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Conroe | $5,000 | Quarter size hail. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | Sheriff's office reported trees down. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | Sheriff's office reported trees down on Highway 105 and FM 1485. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | Trees blown down across FM 1314 & FM 242. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | 3 foot diameter tree uprooted just north of The Woodlands |
| May 1997 | Hail | Conroe | $5,000 | 3/4" hail at FM 1488 & I-45 |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Conroe | $5,000 | Flag poles at Conroe High School Football Stadium bent over. As the storm passed just south of the Conroe Airport the ASOS recorded 57 mph winds from the south. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Conroe | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Conroe | $4,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $3,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Conroe | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree that blocked a local subdivision road. |
| March 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Conroe | $2,000 | Trees down at Morgan's Cemetary |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Conroe | $2,000 | Minor street flooding. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe | - | Wind gust occurred at the Doolan Drive Tempest Weather System site. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Conroe | - | Emergency managers reported that floodwaters over roads near the intersection of Hilbig and Holloman resulted in road closures. |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Conroe | - | The funnel cloud sighting was near Interstate 45 and the South Loop 336. |
| August 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Conroe | - | A funnel cloud was sighted around South Frazier. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Conroe | - | Reported on Interstate 45. |
| October 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Conroe | - | Funnel cloud sighted near the intersection of FM 1488 and FM 2978. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Conroe | - | Funnel cloud at I-45 and Loop 336. |
| September 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Conroe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Four Corners | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Leonidas | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Youens | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Panorama Village | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Cut and Shoot | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Waukegan | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Groceville | 6.8 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 Conroe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q260282 | 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 1333238. 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.




