Deer Park, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77536. It stands on Boggy Bayou. The Survey maps it on the La Porte quadrangle. 34,495 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 24 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDeer Park grew from 32,010 to 34,495 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 | 32,010 | |
| 2020 | 34,495 | +2,485 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1916 USGS Laporte quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Deer Park in 2014, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Deer Park: 8 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepwater Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Deer Park Sulfur Plant | Sulfur, Chlorine | Producer | ||
| Hughes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Judson Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kaiser Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Pasadena Fertitex Phos. Acid Pl. | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Pasadena Kerley | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Pasadena Mobil Phos. Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1966 | |
| Pasadena Phos-Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | 1991 |
Storms near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Park in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 10 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Lightning | Deer Park | 10 hurt, $100,000 | Lightning caused a chemical tank to ignite at the Shell plant. 10 injuries due to eye irritation. |
| August 2015 | Lightning | Deer Park | $150,000 | A lightning strike caused a fire that destroyed a home in Deer Park. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $50,000 | Trees blown onto house and power poles down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $30,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged the roof of a medical office in Deer Park. Radar confirmed downburst in that area. |
| November 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Deer Park | $30,000 | Tornado on Somerset Street in Deer Park with minor home damage. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $25,000 | Signs blown down near Ship Channel. |
| January 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Deer Park | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $15,000 | Minor roof damage with fencing and several large trees down. |
| January 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Deer Park | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Deer Park | $10,000 | Nickel-size hail in Deer Park. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $10,000 | McDonalds sign blown down. |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Deer Park | $5,000 | Flooding was reported between Spencer Highway and Fairmont Parkway in Pasadena. Flood waters entered a local junior college's gymnasium. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $5,000 | A downed power pole, fence, and tree. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Deer Park | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Deer Park | $2,000 | Quarter-sized hail was reported on Center Street. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $1,500 | There was tree damage caused by a thunderstorm wind gust in Deer Park. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | - | Wind gust occurred at mesonet station PTKT2 650 Patricks Bayou at E 8th Street. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Deer Park | - | A member of the public measured golf ball sized hail in a residential area of Deer Park. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Deer Park | - | Video posted to social media showed estimated half dollar size hail in the Deer Park area. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Deer Park | - | Quarter-sized hail was observed north of Deer Park along Buffalo Bayou. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Deer Park | - | Pea to nickel sized hail was reported to last for fifteen minutes. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Deer Park | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link Five | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Preston Villa | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Golden Acres | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Red Bluff | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Spenwick Place | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Battleground Estates | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Monument Estates | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Stadium Estates | 3.4 miles | 13 |
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 Deer Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969319 | 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 1334219. 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.











