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Damon, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brazoria-West Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77430. It stands on Damon Mound. The Survey maps it on the Damon quadrangle. 436 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Damon within Brazoria County

Population over time

2 figures

Damon fell from 552 to 436 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
2010552
2020436-116 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Damon between 2006 and 2020, burning about 481 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARAK ROAD
23 April 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOLFGANG RD
6 February 2009Equipment and vehicle use150 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1462 @ NORDT ROAD
1 February 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2/1/2009
27 December 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 36 12/27
14 January 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Brazoria 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 Damon: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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
Damon Mound MineSulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite, ZincPast Producer1916, 1953, 1957
Dresser MineralsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nash Dome MineSulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, HalitePast Producer1954, 1969

Every working recorded in Brazoria County

Storms near this place

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Damon in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2005Thunderstorm WindDamon$35,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindDamon$7,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDamon$3,000Trees blown down.
April 2006HailDamon$2,000Penny size hail
March 2024HailDamon-Widespread ping pong sized hail was reported just north of Damon.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindDamon-Numerous trees and power lines were downed along with damage to a metal shed in the Damon area.
April 2015Funnel CloudDamon-A funnel cloud was sighted in Damon.
April 2012HailDamon-Quarter sized hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Brazoria 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
Orozimbo8.7 miles11
Danciger9.3 miles10
Otey10.0 miles11
West Columbia11.2 miles11
Lochridge11.6 miles11
East Columbia12.1 miles10
English12.4 miles11
Holiday Lakes12.8 miles10

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 DamonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973220The 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 1355614. 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.