Galena Park, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77547. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle. 10,740 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 26 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGalena Park fell from 10,887 to 10,740 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 | 10,887 | |
| 2020 | 10,740 | -147 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1915 USGS Deepwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS Deepwater quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Galena Park between 2019 and 2020, burning about 3 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 | 18 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E053 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E041, E042 |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023 |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E044, L044 |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023, E029 |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E052, E061 |
| 14 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023 |
| 11 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E053 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Galena Park: 22 producers, 3 plants, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Steel Corp | Iron | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Barite,Plant | Strontium, Bentonite, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| South Houston Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 | |
| (Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Charter International Oil Co | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| U S Gypsum Calcining Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Deepwater Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galena Park in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Galena Park | $100,000 | Flooding was reported in southeastern Harris County from the Pasadena and Deer Park areas down into El Lago and Seabrook. 60 to 80 apartments near the Shaver Street and East Edgebrook Drive intersection were flooded with about one to two inches of water. There was high water and stranded vehicles at Spencer Highway and Beltway 8. Web cameras showed flood water inundation on State Highway 225 near Richey Street. Local media were showing pictures of flooded roads in the El Lago and Seabrook areas. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galena Park | $10,000 | Power lines down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galena Park | $10,000 | Power lines down. |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Galena Park | $5,000 | Lightning struck the rim of an external floating roof storage tank resulting in a fire. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Galena Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Galena Park | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Park | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Manchester | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Clinton View | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jacinto City | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Woodland Acres | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Greens Bayou | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Market at Hunting Bayou | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pasadena Gardens | 2.8 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 Galena Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981431 | 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 1377177. 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.









