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Edna, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Edna-Cordele census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77957. The Survey maps it on the Edna quadrangle. 5,987 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

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Edna within Jackson County

On record in Edna

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Edna grew from 5,499 to 5,987 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
20105,499
20205,987+488 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Edna between 2010 and 2020, burning about 38 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
20 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSR111 FIRE
6 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 408 FIRE
28 February 2011Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRPORT FIRE FEEDER RD
14 February 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 112
7 November 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHELBY PARK FIRE
5 January 2020Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJUNK YARD
27 January 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 110 FIRE
21 January 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCORDELE EXIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edna in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 tornado, 4 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindEdna$500,000Widespread straight line wind damage was reported across parts of Jackson County as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area. This included extensive tree damage as well as damage to power lines and some buildings.
September 2023Tornado (EF0)Edna$200,000Eye witness observed small funnel passing over eastern end of Cottonwood Apartments, damaging a building there, then proceeding to strike a metal storage unit. Swirling tin, debris was observed.
October 1994Tornado (F0)Edna$50,000A tornado in Edna damaged a lumberyard, some trees and a few homes. A tin roof from the lumberyard was found 1 mile from the original location. There were also reports of roof damage and poles through the windows at homes.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindEdna$50,000Jackson County Sheriff's Offices reported nickel-size hail north of Edna. Approximately two hours later the Sheriff's Office reported two billboards near the intersection of Highway 59 and 234 destroyed.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEdna$45,000Gas station awning blow off, overturned mid-size vehicles, and significant tree limb damage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindEdna$30,000Trees down in Edna.
April 2000HailEdna$25,000no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodEdna$20,000Portions of County Road 112 closed due to high water.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Edna$20,000Large trees uprooted, windows broken, and roofs damaged along the path.
May 2006HailEdna$15,000Quarter size hail.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindEdna$15,000Lavaca Navidad River Authority has equipment shed wall blown out, roof caved in; large tree limbs down.
October 1998Flash FloodEdna$15,000Street flooding in Edna became more widespread through the period.
April 2004HailEdna$10,000Penny-size hail in Edna.
March 2002HailEdna$10,000no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindEdna$5,000An early morning severe thunderstorm downed some trees and power lines and damaged a building.
June 1996Tornado (F0)Edna$5,000no account filed
March 2005HailEdna$4,000Reported on State Highway 111.
March 2003HailEdna$4,000no account filed
May 2006HailEdna$2,000Penny size hail.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEdna$1,000An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred at the jail in Edna.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindEdna-An emergency manager reported that another circuit was lost at a substation in the Edna area, resulting in power outages for areas south of Edna. Winds estimated at 80 mph based ETL with a DoD of 1.
June 2025Funnel CloudEdna-A trained storm spotter reported a Funnel cloud near US-59 and FM 1822 in Edna, TX.
October 2023Funnel CloudEdna-A funnel cloud was sighted.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindEdna-Thunderstorm winds broke off a large tree limb on Main Street.
April 2015HailEdna-Quarter sized hail was reported in the Edna area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEdna-A thunderstorm produced strong winds that downed trees onto power lines.
April 2004Funnel CloudEdna-Sighted near the intersection of US 59 and Hwy 111.
July 2003Funnel CloudEdna-Spotted at 111 South near Lake Texana.
October 1993HailEdna-Jackson County Sheriff's Offices reported nickel-size hail north of Edna. Approximately two hours later the Sheriff's Office reported two billboards near the intersection of Highway 59 and 234 destroyed.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindEdna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Manson1.9 miles9
Matilda2.2 miles10
El Toro3.8 miles10
Mount Olive6.6 miles8
Ganado8.2 miles8
Navidad8.9 miles8
Red Bluff9.1 miles9
Cordele10.8 miles8

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 EdnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973102The 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 1356828. 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.