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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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Conroe within Montgomery County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Conroe 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.

YearPeople Change
201056,207
202089,956+33,749 (+60%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

183 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined82
Debris and open burning62
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 196
6 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190052582
28 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 202
21 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 201
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 400

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

57 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008Thunderstorm WindConroe1 hurt, $40,000Thunderstorm 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 2000HailConroe$10,000,000Quarter 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 2004Tornado (F1)Conroe$359,000F1 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 1999Tornado (F0)Conroe$250,000Tornado 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 2000HailConroe$100,000Quarter sized hail with damage to cars on south side of Lake Conroe.
November 2000Tornado (F0)Conroe$100,000Tornado 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 2012Thunderstorm WindConroe$50,000Trees and street signs were downed with some traffic lights damaged. Several homes were damaged by trees falling on them.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindConroe$50,000Roof damage to auto/truck repair shop along SH 336 just west of I-45 and north of Loop 105 in Conroe.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindConroe$45,000A large tree limb from a sixty foot tall pine tree fell on a home and caused significant roof, rafter and insulation damage.
May 1999HailConroe$40,000Golfball-sized hail reported in Waldwood subdivision.
February 2005HailConroe$30,000Baseball size hail.
February 2005HailConroe$30,000Hail on Airport Road.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindConroe$30,000Sheriff 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 2000Tornado (F1)Conroe$25,000Trees down in Carriage Hill subdivision.
March 2009HailConroe$20,000Golf ball-sized hail was reported in Conroe. There were numerous reports of damaged vehicles.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Conroe$20,000Tornado downed trees and ripped siding from homes.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindConroe$15,000Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindConroe$15,000Trees down along FM 3083.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindConroe$15,000Power lines down along FM 2978 and FM 1488.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindConroe$15,000Trees down in Walden near Lake Conroe.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindConroe$15,000Trees down on Loop 336.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindConroe$15,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindConroe$15,000no account filed
March 2001Thunderstorm WindConroe$10,000Trees down on River Plantation Road near I-45.
May 2000HailConroe$10,000Dime sized hail on SH 105 west of Conroe with funnel cloud sighted at US 59 and FM 1314.
May 2000HailConroe$10,000Dime sized hail near Walden.
July 1998HailConroe$10,000no account filed
January 2004HailConroe$7,0001.50" hail reported 5 miles north of Lake Conroe Dam that covered the ground.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Conroe$7,000Tornado spotted near FM 1488 and Highway 242.
March 2003HailConroe$6,000no account filed
May 2003HailConroe$5,000Quarter size hail.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000Sheriff's office reported trees down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000Sheriff's office reported trees down on Highway 105 and FM 1485.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000Trees blown down across FM 1314 & FM 242.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,0003 foot diameter tree uprooted just north of The Woodlands
May 1997HailConroe$5,0003/4" hail at FM 1488 & I-45
October 1997Tornado (F0)Conroe$5,000Flag 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 1997Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindConroe$5,000no account filed
August 1996HailConroe$5,000no account filed
June 2002HailConroe$4,000no account filed
March 2005Thunderstorm WindConroe$3,000no account filed
January 1998HailConroe$3,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindConroe$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree that blocked a local subdivision road.
March 2003Tornado (F0)Conroe$2,000Trees down at Morgan's Cemetary
October 1998Flash FloodConroe$2,000Minor street flooding.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindConroe-Wind gust occurred at the Doolan Drive Tempest Weather System site.
May 2021Flash FloodConroe-Emergency managers reported that floodwaters over roads near the intersection of Hilbig and Holloman resulted in road closures.
May 2015Funnel CloudConroe-The funnel cloud sighting was near Interstate 45 and the South Loop 336.
August 2009Funnel CloudConroe-A funnel cloud was sighted around South Frazier.
May 2007HailConroe-Reported on Interstate 45.
October 2006Funnel CloudConroe-Funnel cloud sighted near the intersection of FM 1488 and FM 2978.
May 2004Funnel CloudConroe-Funnel cloud at I-45 and Loop 336.
September 2001Funnel CloudConroe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Beach1.9 miles14
Four Corners4.0 miles14
Leonidas4.1 miles13
Youens4.3 miles13
Panorama Village5.2 miles13
Cut and Shoot5.4 miles13
Waukegan6.2 miles13
Groceville6.8 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 ConroeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q260282The 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.