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Crawford, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Crawford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76638. It stands on Wasp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crawford quadrangle. 887 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Crawford within McLennan County

Population over time

2 figures

Crawford grew from 717 to 887 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
2010717
2020887+170 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

47 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Crawford between 2006 and 2020, burning about 738 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 burning18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAUFENBERG FARM
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOLARIS RANGER GRASS FIRE
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEW WINDSOR PARKWAY SPEEGLEVILLE
13 September 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/BRUSH #18 2020
10 September 2017Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-2530026
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1265 LIFESTYLE LN
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 2137 BRUSH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Crawford: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tonk QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Tonk PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tonk QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crawford in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
December 2001Flash FloodCrawford1 killedA nine year old boy drowned as he was attempting to abandon a vehicle at a low water crossing.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindCrawford$500,000An auto repair shop was severely damaged by high winds. The roofs of two mobile homes and several hay barns were blown off. Power lines were also blown down.
October 2001Tornado (F2)Crawford$100,000The first tornado to hit the county touched down 2.5 miles southwest of Valley Mills, then moved east northeast and dissipated 1.5 miles east of Valley Mills. The most significant damage was to a frame house near the beginning of the damage path. There was also damage to house roofs and mobile homes along Cap Fiske Road, Highway 317, and near Highway 6 on the southern edge of Valley Mills.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCrawford$50,000A mobile home was damaged by thunderstorm winds.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCrawford$25,000Several homes were damaged, and trees and powerlines were blown down.
September 2010Flash FloodCrawford$10,000A high water rescue was conducted in the city of Crawford due to rapidly rising flood waters.
April 2023HailCrawford$7,000A public report indicated golf ball sized hail about 2 miles south-southeast of Crawford, TX.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindCrawford$5,00035 cedar trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCrawford$3,000A baseball dugout in Crawford was destroyed by high winds. The metal roof was blown off and the concrete walls were blown over.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindCrawford$1,000Broadcast media reported 10-inch diameter trees blown onto Hwy 317 between Crawford and Valley Mills.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindCrawford$1,000Amateur radio reported fences blown down in Crawford.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCrawford$250Tree limbs of 12-14 inches were knocked down in Crawford.
April 2018HailCrawford-Broadcast media reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Crawford, TX.
December 2018HailCrawford-Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in the city of Crawford, TX.
June 2014FloodCrawford-Several hours of moderate to heavy rainfall caused a few flooding problems in Crawford. Highway 185 near 4th Street had to be closed for much of the day, and the picnic area at Tonkawa Park near the creek was under water. Part of 4th Street near the community center also had to be closed for a few hours.
April 2010HailCrawford-Quarter size hail was reported in Crawford.
May 2008HailCrawford-Nickel-size hail was reported at the Crawford Ranch.
June 2007Flash FloodCrawford-The following roads were closed due to high water: Highway 185 one mile east of Crawford, FM 317 just north of Crawford, the 200 block of Compton School Road northeast of Crawford, and the intersection of Highway 185 and Anderson Lane east of town.
April 2006HailCrawford-Relayed by amateur radio spotters.
November 2004Flash FloodCrawford-Several roads in the area were closed due to high water. A bridge over Wasp Creek south of Crawford was washed out.
October 2003Flash FloodCrawford-A high water rescue took place just south of Crawford.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCrawford-Large trees were blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
October 1998Flash FloodCrawford-Several roads in and near Crawford were flooded and closed due to thunderstorm rains.
December 1997Flash FloodCrawford-Highway 317 south of town was closed with three feet of water covering the roadway.
December 1997Flash FloodCrawford-Numerous streets were reported flooded.
April 1995HailCrawford-A car was flooded by high water on Valley Mill Road in Waco. Several bridges were washed out on the north side of Waco.
May 2024HailCrawford-no account filed
April 2021HailCrawford-no account filed
April 2006HailCrawford-no account filed
February 2004HailCrawford-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCrawford-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCrawford-no account filed
May 2003HailCrawford-no account filed
December 2002HailCrawford-no account filed
April 2002HailCrawford-no account filed
May 2001HailCrawford-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCrawford-no account filed
May 2001HailCrawford-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCrawford-no account filed
May 1996HailCrawford-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodCrawford-no account filed
April 1995HailCrawford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Highland4.8 miles19
Ocee4.9 miles19
Windsor5.4 miles19
McGregor6.5 miles15
Willow Grove7.9 miles19
Caldwell Crossing8.4 miles19
South Bosque9.0 miles16
Eichelberger Crossing9.1 miles19

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 CrawfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980347The 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 1355320. 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.