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Cresson, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76035. The Survey maps it on the Cresson quadrangle. 1,349 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,054 feet above sea level.

Cresson within Hood County

Population over time

2 figures

Cresson grew from 741 to 1,349 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
2010741
20201,349+608 (+82%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

45 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Cresson between 2003 and 2018, burning about 5,486 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning3
Other causes1

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePERFORMANCE LN.
29 September 2015Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMILBURN
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMONROE HWY.
15 September 2015Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMILBURN
29 August 2015Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCDANIEL
23 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLEAR SKIES CT.
22 August 2006Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cresson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Cresson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hood County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cresson in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 17 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2016FloodCresson$100,000Several roads across the county remained closed due to flooding. High water rescues were needed across the county. The flooding continued into June 1st.
May 2016Flash FloodCresson$50,000Widespread flooding was reported across the county. Multiple high water rescues were ongoing. The county picked up over 3 inches of rain in less than 1-2 hours.
October 2019HailCresson$10,000A public report indicated ping pong to golf ball sized hail near the city of Cresson, TX. The hail broke windows of at least one house.
April 2026HailCresson$7,000Amateur radio operator reported golf ball hail in Cresson.
April 2011HailCresson$5,000no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindCresson$5,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCresson$4,000Peak winds of 68 mph were measured in Cresson.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindCresson$2,000Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 55-60 MPH in Cresson. Power outages were reported.
April 2010FloodCresson$1,000The county sheriff reported that 23 barricades were set up on various roads around the county due to flooding from persistent steady rainfall across the county. At one intesection in Acton the water was 8-10 inches deep. Rainfall totals averaged 3-3.5 across the county but were reported as high as 5 inches in the northern portions of the county. Most of the water had receded within a few hours. Some damage to the road surface on Paluxy Highway near Neri Road occurred.
June 2016FloodCresson-Several roads across the county remained barricaded due to flooding that began on May 31st.
May 2015FloodCresson-Several roads remained closed due to flooding.
April 2014HailCresson-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Cresson.
May 2012HailCresson-Quarter sized hail was reported in Cresson.
April 2011HailCresson-Half dollar sized hail fell about 5 miles west of Cresson on Farm-to-Market Road 171.
March 2002HailCresson-Occurred just east of town.
May 2021HailCresson-no account filed
May 2021HailCresson-no account filed
April 2015HailCresson-no account filed
April 2011HailCresson-no account filed
May 2011HailCresson-no account filed
May 2007HailCresson-no account filed
May 2003HailCresson-no account filed
May 2003HailCresson-no account filed
May 1999HailCresson-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindCresson-no account filed
April 1995HailCresson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hood 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
Chapin3.1 miles17
Waples6.4 miles21
Acton7.1 miles21
Center Mill7.9 miles20
DeCordova8.2 miles21
Brazos Bend8.6 miles19
Fall Creek9.5 miles21
El Tesoro9.8 miles21

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 CressonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982411The 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 1333663. 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.