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Eden, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eden-Millersview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76837. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle. 1,100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,054 feet above sea level.

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Eden within Concho County

Population over time

3 figures

Eden fell from 2,561 to 1,100 between 2000 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
20002,561
20102,766+205 (+8%)
20201,100-1,666 (-60%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

31 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,510 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 August 2010Natural175 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE JUST WEST OF TOWN
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 June 2010Equipment and vehicle use85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACOBY FIRE ON FM 176
21 June 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALBA RESIDENCE
19 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUFFIN RANCH
9 May 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 May 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCURTIS WOODS CR 3034

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Concho County

Storms near this place

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 70 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 47 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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 2008HailEden$3,000,000Hail larger than baseballs of about 3.5 inches was measured on the east side of Eden. This wind driven hail storm damaged and destroyed many buildings across Eden.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindEden$100,000Many large oak trees were uprooted by the winds. There was also damage to pens, barns, and windmills on ranches.
May 1995HailEden$30,000no account filed
May 1995Tornado (F0)Eden$15,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindEden$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds caused a porch to blow down onto a house and knocked down several large trees.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindEden$10,000A two week period of frequent severe weather came to a close on the 10th. A weak tornado was reported by the Terry County Sheriff's Office in east Brownfield. It caused about $20 thousand in damages and tossed a large metal shed about 275 feet and destroyed it. Otherwise, there were numerous reports of dime to golf ball-size hail, especially in Hale, Lubbock, and Floyd Counties. Baseball-size hail was reported close to Guthrie by the King County Sheriff's Office, but caused no known damage. In northern Dickens County, a female was injured after being struck by lightning. She suffered superficial burns, plus headaches, soreness, and numbness for several days. It was foggy and storms were at least five miles away at the time of theincident. She had been standing in her backyard just 50 to 100 feet away from several large trees and an antenna.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindEden$5,000no account filed
May 1993HailEden$500The Concho County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-size hail in Eden. Only minor damage resulted.
May 2025HailEden-Public report of golf ball size hail.
May 2024HailEden-Sheriff's office reported golf ball size hail in Eden. Time estimated by radar.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEden-COOP observer reported a wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2023HailEden-Public reported quarter size hail.
June 2019Tornado (EFU)Eden-A storm chaser reported and videotaped this cone tornado. A large dust whirl estimated about 250 yards wide could be seen at the base. It was on the ground for at least two minutes, it moved very little and remained in open country.
May 2019Flash FloodEden-The public reported swift water estimated to be two feet deep at a low water crossing near the Concho and Menard County line.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEden-A trained spotter estimated a wind gust near 60 mph at Live Oak.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEden-The Eden Volunteer Fire Department reported that thunderstorm winds had removed half of the roof of a barn and knocked down power lines and tree limbs about half a mile southeast of Live Oak. Winds were estimated at 75 mph.
April 2017HailEden-The public reported one inch hail along U.S. Highway 83, near the Concho/Menard county line.
May 2016HailEden-Law Enforcement reported quarter size hail, 4 miles south of Eden.
April 2015HailEden-There was quarter size hail reported on US Highway 87.
February 2013Thunderstorm WindEden-A law enforcement official reported an estimated wind gust to 60 MPH.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindEden-A wind gust of near 69 mph was reported.
May 2008HailEden-Wind driven golfball size hail broke about 20 panes of glass at the hospital in Eden. The wind driven golfball size hail also broke windows in homes and vehicles.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindEden-Strong thunderstorm winds tore off the roof of a large barn. The strong winds also caused golfball size hail to break windows.
April 2006HailEden-Quarter size hail covered the ground on the Concho and Menard county line.
August 2006Flash FloodEden-Law enforcement officials reported water over State Highway 176 located southwest of Eden. Numerous county roads were flooded along Kickapoo Creek.
May 2002HailEden-Golf ball size hail was reported just north of Eden.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Eden-A supercell thunderstorm moving over northern Concho County produced a fourth tornado northwest of Eden. This tornado also moved over open country.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Eden-A supercell thunderstorm moving through Concho County produced its third tornado of the evening northwest of Eden. This tornado moved over open country.
July 1998Flash FloodEden-Highway 83 flooded and impassable north of Eden
October 1993HailEden-Golfball-size hail was reported in Eden at 1830 CST by the Concho County Sheriff's Office.
April 2015HailEden-no account filed
April 2015HailEden-no account filed
April 2015HailEden-no account filed
May 2013HailEden-no account filed
March 2013HailEden-no account filed
May 2012HailEden-no account filed
April 2008HailEden-no account filed
April 2008HailEden-no account filed
May 2008HailEden-no account filed
May 2008HailEden-no account filed
June 2007HailEden-no account filed
June 2007HailEden-no account filed
April 2007HailEden-no account filed
April 2007HailEden-no account filed
April 2007HailEden-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindEden-no account filed
June 2006HailEden-no account filed
May 2006HailEden-no account filed
June 2006HailEden-no account filed
May 2006HailEden-no account filed
February 2005HailEden-no account filed
May 2005HailEden-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindEden-no account filed
November 2004HailEden-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindEden-no account filed
June 2003HailEden-no account filed
May 2002HailEden-no account filed
April 2000HailEden-no account filed
April 2000HailEden-no account filed
April 2000HailEden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Concho 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
Live Oak6.9 miles12
Pasche8.4 miles12
Henderson Chapel13.4 miles11
Lightner13.6 miles12
Millersview14.1 miles12
Vick15.6 miles11
Eola18.0 miles11
Paint Rock20.5 miles14

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 EdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973537The 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 1356813. 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.

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.