DeCordova, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76049. It stands on McCarthy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Acton quadrangle. 3,007 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDeCordova grew from 2,683 to 3,007 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 | 2,683 | |
| 2020 | 3,007 | +324 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Granbury quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1923 USGS Granbury 1-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Godley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Acton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of DeCordova between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,549 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUTTERCUP CT. |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIDDEN COVE TRL. |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3900 RHEA CT. |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRUBE COURT |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | M AND M RANCH RD. |
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD GRANBURY ROAD |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE LARGE BRU. |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of DeCordova: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cresson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Fall Creek | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| El Tesoro | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Waples | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Pecan Plantation | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Mambrino | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Brazos Bend | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Granbury | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 DeCordova | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982868 | 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 1922767. 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.






