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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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
Allen Memorial Presbyterian Churchlisted 2016
Edna Theatrelisted 2011
Jackson County Monumentlisted 2018
Texana Presbyterian Churchlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresEdna 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,499 | |
| 2020 | 5,987 | +488 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Edna quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Edna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2010Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SR111 FIRE |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 408 FIRE |
| 28 February 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AIRPORT FIRE FEEDER RD |
| 14 February 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 112 |
| 7 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHELBY PARK FIRE |
| 5 January 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUNK YARD |
| 27 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 110 FIRE |
| 21 January 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORDELE EXIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $500,000 | Widespread 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 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Edna | $200,000 | Eye 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 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Edna | $50,000 | A 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $50,000 | 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. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $45,000 | Gas station awning blow off, overturned mid-size vehicles, and significant tree limb damage. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $30,000 | Trees down in Edna. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Edna | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Edna | $20,000 | Portions of County Road 112 closed due to high water. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Edna | $20,000 | Large trees uprooted, windows broken, and roofs damaged along the path. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Edna | $15,000 | Quarter size hail. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $15,000 | Lavaca Navidad River Authority has equipment shed wall blown out, roof caved in; large tree limbs down. |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Edna | $15,000 | Street flooding in Edna became more widespread through the period. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Edna | $10,000 | Penny-size hail in Edna. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Edna | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $5,000 | An early morning severe thunderstorm downed some trees and power lines and damaged a building. |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Edna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Edna | $4,000 | Reported on State Highway 111. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Edna | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Edna | $2,000 | Penny size hail. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $1,000 | An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred at the jail in Edna. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | 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 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | A trained storm spotter reported a Funnel cloud near US-59 and FM 1822 in Edna, TX. |
| October 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | A funnel cloud was sighted. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | Thunderstorm winds broke off a large tree limb on Main Street. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Edna | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in the Edna area. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | A thunderstorm produced strong winds that downed trees onto power lines. |
| April 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | Sighted near the intersection of US 59 and Hwy 111. |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | Spotted at 111 South near Lake Texana. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Edna | - | 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Edna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q973102 | 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 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.





